I am concerned that innovation would stop fully under a government-run healthcare insurance program and, according to the Heritage Foundation, would decrease the average annual American household disposable income by $5,600, or 11 percent.
Guthrie warns against government-run healthcare stifling innovation and harming household incomes.
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