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Former Republican congressman on why it's so hard to get bipartisan consensus on healthcare

By Avery Keatley,
Miles Parks, Sarah Robbins
Published December 13, 2025 at 4:54 PM CST

Fred Upton, a former Republican congressman from Michigan, discusses the Senate's failed health care votes and the political fallout of rising insurance premiums.

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