John Thune: “the Democrat leader was just talking about healthcare, and obviously there has been a lot of conversation around that…”

“the Democrat leader was just talking about healthcare, and obviously there has been a lot of conversation around that here in these past few weeks and months. In fact, the Democrats shut down the government for 43 days, the longest shutdown in history, allegedly, for healthcare; although, I think we all know that it was Trump derangement syndrome more than anything else that led to the government shutdown. But I would just say because there is a--you know, sometimes you have to take a walk down memory lane to remind people that facts are stubborn things, and facts are stubborn things. The Democrat leader implied Republicans are not interested in lowering healthcare costs and that somehow they are. The contrary is actually the truth. If you look at what has happened since the ObamaCare exchanges went live over 10 years ago, healthcare premiums on the exchange have gone up, on average, 221 percent--a 221-percent increase in healthcare premiums in the individual marketplace on the ObamaCare exchanges.”