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Cassidy’s Health Care Premium Spin

Sen. Bill Cassidy claims he has a way to prevent the Senate tax plan from raising health insurance premiums. He doesn’t.

In an interview with Fox News’ Neil Cavuto, the Louisiana Republican acknowledged that some in his party — including Sen. Susan Collins — have concerns about passing a Senate tax bill that would increase health insurance premiums on the individual market by 10 percent.

As we have , the Senate tax bill contains a provision that would  on Americans who don’t buy health insurance. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office and the Joint Committee on Taxation  in a joint report that repealing the

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