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Wesley Hunt: “The Affordable Care Act did was draft premiums up to where…”

Featuring: Wesley Hunt, Republican | U.S. House, Texas, District 38

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Published | Video Starts at 32:00

See, if anybody has a big issue in the entire world and they can afford it, where do they come? They come here because it's the best care in the world. Now what The Affordable Care Act did was draft premiums up to where it is completely unaffordable for the average American. and particularly, particularly small business owners. That's dangerous. Now there are two things that came out of the ACA that I think we need to keep and that's protecting those Americans with pre existing conditions. (32:00–32:05)

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Asserts that the Affordable Care Act increased premiums, making them unaffordable for average Americans.

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