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Lamar Alexander: “One of the unintended consequences we may have learned from the Affordable Care Act is that even though it sounds like a…”

On the recordApril 8, 2014
One of the unintended consequences we may have learned from the Affordable Care Act is that even though it sounds like a good idea to require people to buy more benefits with a health insurance policy, they end up costing more and get outside their budget.
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Lamar Alexander
Republican · Tennessee

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Alexander discusses the negative impacts of the Affordable Care Act on insurance costs.

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