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Unidentified speaker says premiums doubled since Obamacare, links health spending to national debt
Summary
An unidentified speaker asserted in the transcript that premiums and deductibles "have doubled" since "Obamacare," argued that government intervention has fostered monopoly forces, and said health spending is "about a third" of a $7,000,000,000,000 budget and a major driver of the national debt. The transcript records claims but no supporting data or formal actions.
An unidentified speaker told the recorded session that health-care costs have become unaffordable since the Affordable Care Act, saying, "We've been talking about health care unaffordability ever since Obamacare and premiums and deductibles have doubled."
The speaker linked rising costs to government involvement, arguing that "the more intervention, the more…
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