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Republicans once wanted a health care government. Trump’s voters see it differently

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Like many Americans who voted for Donald Trump, Jason Rouse hopes that the return of the president will mean lower gas prices, foodstuffs and other necessary things.

But Rouse is looking for a federal government to release from one specific point of pain: high health care costs. “Prices are simply funny,” said 53 -year -old Rouse, a retired fireman and paramedic Michigan, who voted for Trump three times. “I would like to see a lower hat of what I have to pay out of my own pocket.”

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