WEBVTT - Trump’s Healthcare Framework Unveiled w Big, YUGE & Bold Savings

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<v Speaker 1>Can you imagine there's still eighteen being donas.

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<v Speaker 2>Morning Update and it starts right now. Story number one,

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<v Speaker 2>it is big news. The White House is unveiling a

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<v Speaker 2>new healthcare framework they say will lower costs for all Americans.

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<v Speaker 2>This after the debacle that was exposed during the government

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<v Speaker 2>shutdown of just how much money we are spending to

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<v Speaker 2>subsidize the Affordable Care Act, which is anything but affordable.

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<v Speaker 2>The Trump White House, we're now being told, is expected

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<v Speaker 2>to unveil a healthcare policy framework that not only would

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<v Speaker 2>lower costs, but also extend expiring Obamacare subsidies while they

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<v Speaker 2>figure out how to move forward. MS now and Politico

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<v Speaker 2>reported both that the healthcare policy framework would include a

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<v Speaker 2>two year extension of the expiring enhanced Premium tax credits.

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<v Speaker 2>Those are the subsidies that you're paying for. Yes, so

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<v Speaker 2>Obamacare is not cheap at all. It did not make

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<v Speaker 2>things more affordable at all. In fact, it made the

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<v Speaker 2>healthcare insurance providers rich at the expense of you, the

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<v Speaker 2>tax payer. We also know that they will be enhanced

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<v Speaker 2>Obamacare subsidies, which would otherwise expire at the end of

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<v Speaker 2>the year. The proposal could be unveiled as early as

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<v Speaker 2>this coming Monday. A White House spokesman declined to confirm

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<v Speaker 2>the details of the plan, stating, quote, until President Trump

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<v Speaker 2>makes an announcement himself, any reporting about the administration's healthcare

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<v Speaker 2>positions is mere speculation. But here's what we are learning

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<v Speaker 2>through background. The plan apparently with lower limits on income

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<v Speaker 2>eligibility for credits, and that would save American taxpayers a

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<v Speaker 2>significant amount of money. It would also, i'm being told,

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<v Speaker 2>set minimum premium payments as well. According to multiple reports,

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<v Speaker 2>the proposed eligibility cap would set the subsidies to seven

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<v Speaker 2>hundred percent of the federal poverty line. Republicans have complained

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<v Speaker 2>that with the Colone Obama here in hand subseas scheme.

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<v Speaker 2>Wealthy Americans would benefit from the subseason what was meant

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<v Speaker 2>to be only temporary. Why were they temporary? It was

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<v Speaker 2>during the COVID nineteen coronavirus outbreak when they had these

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<v Speaker 2>extra benefits that now Democrats want to make well lasts forever,

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<v Speaker 2>which is insane. The White House plan also would urge

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<v Speaker 2>Congress to fund cost sharing reductions and plans, which Republicans

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<v Speaker 2>pushed for in the Big Beautiful Bill, but were next

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<v Speaker 2>after Senate Democrats objected to its inclusion in Trump's landmark legislation,

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<v Speaker 2>believing it violated rules on budgetary reconciliation. They claimed, Now

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<v Speaker 2>here's the other part that's very interesting about this. The

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<v Speaker 2>Congressional Budget Office found that these healthcare reforms would have

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<v Speaker 2>lowered healthcare premiums by twelve point seven percent and reduced

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<v Speaker 2>costs by decreasing the need for Obamacare and the welfare

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<v Speaker 2>of the government for the epcts known as the subsidies

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<v Speaker 2>for Obamacare. The plans would have also lowered the costs

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<v Speaker 2>if this CRS plan would have been put into effect

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<v Speaker 2>by thirty point eight billion dollars. Now that's literally thirty

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<v Speaker 2>point eight billion dollars. It would have saved you the

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<v Speaker 2>tax payer, and that is exactly why Democrats were against it. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>the Trump proposal would also have part of their tax

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<v Speaker 2>credits go straight to Americans via tax advantage savings accounts

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<v Speaker 2>instead of the checks going directly to healthcare insurance companies

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<v Speaker 2>that are getting rich to lower America's premium indirectly. The

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<v Speaker 2>President probably would like to go bigger than the Hill

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<v Speaker 2>has the appetite for, so we'll have to see how that.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, how it works out, is what the White

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<v Speaker 2>House Reptchieve of Staff James Blair said last week talking

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<v Speaker 2>about the reforms that need to be made. What we

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<v Speaker 2>also know is the White HOUSEPG staff saying that President

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<v Speaker 2>Trump would love to push for healthcare reform in a

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<v Speaker 2>way that would be meaningful, saying, quote, we're going to

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<v Speaker 2>have to have the healthcare conversation. We're going to put

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<v Speaker 2>some legislation forward. The debuie chiefs said there could be

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<v Speaker 2>interest in bi Parson reform. However, he said if that

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<v Speaker 2>path is foreclosed, there is the Parson path of reconciliation

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<v Speaker 2>as well. The President probably would like to go big

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<v Speaker 2>because there needs to be big reforms. Republican lawmakers have

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<v Speaker 2>said they believe the right House will release a framework

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<v Speaker 2>to lower health insurance costs, expand health savings accounts, and

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<v Speaker 2>scrap parts of the Affordable Care Act that are just

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<v Speaker 2>flat out unsustainable. In fact, much of the Obamacare program

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<v Speaker 2>is unsustainable without record tax dollars going to prop it up.

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<v Speaker 2>As I mentioned earlier, there's nothing affordable about the Affordable

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<v Speaker 2>Care Act now. The White House also signaled that the

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<v Speaker 2>President's interest in healthcare reform is something he believes could

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<v Speaker 2>be a US some change for the American people. A

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<v Speaker 2>slide deck shared by the House Majority leaders Stief Scalise

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<v Speaker 2>this last week made it clear that House GOP leadership

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<v Speaker 2>also falls in the overhaul camp. One slide that was

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<v Speaker 2>viewed by Politico was titled the Unaffordable Care Act and

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<v Speaker 2>highlighted statistics that show the premiums have increased by eighty

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<v Speaker 2>percent since the ACA passage aka since Obamacare became law.

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<v Speaker 2>It also claimed that more than fifty percent of Obamacare

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<v Speaker 2>and rollees did not file a single claim this year.

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<v Speaker 2>Walking into the meeting school, he said in a brief

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<v Speaker 2>interview that he planned to keep talking with the chairs

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<v Speaker 2>of three key committees of jurisdiction over health policy. That

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<v Speaker 2>would be ways and means, Energy and commerce, education and

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<v Speaker 2>the workforce. Now, healthcare became a focal point in the

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<v Speaker 2>national politics as Democrats shut the government down, as I

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<v Speaker 2>mentioned earlier for weeks over what they described as mandatory

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<v Speaker 2>Obamacare subsidies. They were not mandatory. They were enhanced during COVID,

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<v Speaker 2>and they will expire on purpose. The Democrats planned this

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<v Speaker 2>way at the end of the year. Democrats first enhance

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<v Speaker 2>these subsis through one point nine trillion let me say

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<v Speaker 2>that again, one point nine trillion in coronavirus era stimulus plans,

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<v Speaker 2>including the American Rescue Plan. They continue the subsease through

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<v Speaker 2>the end of twenty twenty five with the so called

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<v Speaker 2>Inflation Reduction Act that did anything but that. Trump weighed

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<v Speaker 2>in on the issue, stating that healthcare dollars should go

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<v Speaker 2>directly to the American people instead of through subsidies to

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<v Speaker 2>health insurance companies, saying it this way on social media, quote,

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<v Speaker 2>the only healthcare I will support or approve is sending

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<v Speaker 2>the money directly back to the people, with nothing going

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<v Speaker 2>to the big, fat rich insurance companies who have made

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<v Speaker 2>trillions and ripped off America long enough, the people will

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<v Speaker 2>be allowed to negotiate and by their own much better insurance.

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<v Speaker 2>Power to the people, Congress, do not waste your time

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<v Speaker 2>and energy on anything else. This is the only way

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<v Speaker 2>to have great healthcare in America. The Republican Set of

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<v Speaker 2>Community chairman said that a second reconciliation bill should address affordability,

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<v Speaker 2>which should include healthcare reform, saying the Democrats are incapable

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<v Speaker 2>of coming up with a plan that is competitive, transparent,

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<v Speaker 2>and actually reduces costs wine because they're lining the pockets

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<v Speaker 2>of their friends in the healthcare provider industry, and they

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<v Speaker 2>know that as long as the government's willing to send

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<v Speaker 2>them the check, they get rich every single time the

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<v Speaker 2>money comes into their accounts. This also just goes back

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<v Speaker 2>to consumer choice and freedom. President believes that you, as

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<v Speaker 2>an American deserve to have your money and then you

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<v Speaker 2>can put it to work the way that you decide

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<v Speaker 2>to do it, in a more responsible manner than the

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<v Speaker 2>corruption of the government. Doctor Mark Siegel on Fox News

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<v Speaker 2>Channel talking about exactly this, and here is what he

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<v Speaker 2>had to say on Fox News Sunday.

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<v Speaker 4>But I can't get your treatments.

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<v Speaker 1>What about this idea that the President has floated about

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<v Speaker 1>the money that flows into a lot of these subsidies,

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<v Speaker 1>instead of paying the insurance companies, going direct to the

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<v Speaker 1>consumer and letting them take the money with them where

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<v Speaker 1>they choose.

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<v Speaker 4>He's gotten a lot of criticism for that, but he's

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<v Speaker 4>on the right track because it would give the consumer

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<v Speaker 4>more control of the situation. Health savings accounts are part

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<v Speaker 4>of this, being able to buy your own insurance, making

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<v Speaker 4>it affordable, and you choose a marketplace idea more. It's

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<v Speaker 4>not quite that simple. That's a huge step in the

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<v Speaker 4>right direction.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, what are your odds?

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<v Speaker 2>Do you so? At the end of the day, there

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<v Speaker 2>are two options. Either you as an American, say no, no,

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<v Speaker 2>no government, just be in charge of my life. Doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>matter how much it costs, Just you be in charge

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<v Speaker 2>of my health care. Or there's the Donald Trump plan,

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<v Speaker 2>which is he believes that you, as an American, should

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<v Speaker 2>decide what is best for you, that you should spend

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<v Speaker 2>your money in a way that is well more responsible

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<v Speaker 2>than what the government does each and every day, and

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<v Speaker 2>he believes that prices will lower significantly if you do

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<v Speaker 2>it that way. I think many Americans have made it

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<v Speaker 2>clear they like the way the President is describing this

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<v Speaker 2>the amount of corruption that we are witnessing from those

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<v Speaker 2>in the Democratic Party and in government who are overspending

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<v Speaker 2>your tax tours and what are you actually getting in return?

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<v Speaker 2>Not a lot for your money. And that's where we

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<v Speaker 2>are today.

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