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Mike Johnson: “It works out to be a subsidy for insurance companies which…”

Featuring: Mike Johnson, Republican | Speaker of the United States House of Representatives | National

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Speaker Johnson Joins All Things with Kim Strassel (Wall Street Journal)

Published | Video Starts at 21:15

And if there is going to be an extension, there have to be massive reforms. I mean, you and I both know there's no hyde protections that apply to this. There's no income caps on it. It works out to be a subsidy for insurance companies which is increasingly driving up cost. I mean all the things that you've written about and so many of us know, I don't want to go too deep in the weeds and debating health care with them right now because that's what they want. (21:15–21:20)

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Asserts that current policies subsidize insurance companies, increasing costs.

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