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Tom Barrett: “Some of these subsidies that were in effect just a couple of…”

Featuring: Tom Barrett, Republican | U.S. House, Michigan, District 7

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Published | Video Starts at 05:26

… I think that there's been too much collusion between the big health insurance companies and, and the government subsidies that they've taken in that have benefited the wealthy. For example, Some of these subsidies that were in effect just a couple of years ago allowed the top 1% of income earners to still benefit from subsidies to their health care. Meanwhile, ordinary working Americans who may have had an employer sponsored plan were ineligible for those same subsidies by example. (05:26–05:37)

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Asserts that past subsidies allowed the top 1% of income earners to benefit from healthcare subsidies.

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