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On the recordMay 21, 2019
You could design a system that the ordinary American who is watching this would pay less money in terms of the fees to the government than they currently are paying to health care, and they would get more money in their pockets in terms of increased wages?
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Ro Khanna
Democratic · California

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Khanna believes a new system could lower costs and increase wages for Americans.

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