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Tom Rice: “So the cost of that, though, was those 85 percent, who were already covered, have to pay more than twice as much to pick…”

On the recordJanuary 28, 2019
So the cost of that, though, was those 85 percent, who were already covered, have to pay more than twice as much to pick up that incremental benefit of the 6 percent more people.
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Tom Rice
Republican · South Carolina

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Discussing the financial impact of the Affordable Care Act on those already insured.

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