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Tom Cole: “Our friends on the other side during COVID decided we've got…”

Featuring: Tom Cole, Republican | U.S. House Oklahoma, 4th Congressional District

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'The Height Of Hypocrisy': Tom Cole Blasts Dems For Trying To Pin Healthcare Crisis On Trump

Published | Video Starts at 03:00

You know, the Affordable Care act has made health care unaffordable. Been doing it for 15 years. The basic subsidies are in law. Our friends on the other side during COVID decided we've got a crisis underway. We're going to add a subsidy on top of a subsidy. the subsidy to what was called the Affordable Care act, which was never affordable because we taxpayers who pay for our own insurance were subsidizing, correct? That is absolutely correct. (03:00–03:12)

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