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Republicans don’t want to talk about their health plan’s tax cuts

Source: msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/republicans-dont-want-talk-about-their-health-plans-tax-cuts - Mar 8, 2017

In the White House briefing room yesterday, a reporter asked HHS Secretary Tom Price why the Republican health care plan “includes a tax break for insurance executives that make more than $500,000. You said this is about patients. Why is that tax break important for this legislation?”

The Republican cabinet secretary was incredulous. “I’m not aware of that,” Price responded.

The bill really isn’t that long. How the Secretary of Health and Human Services, who presumably read the bill, could be unaware of the provision is difficult to understand.

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