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Mike Johnson: “The answer is not to grow government and further subsidize…”

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

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Speaker Johnson Joins America's Newsroom on Fox

Published | Video Starts at 08:03

But what about siphon people who are not on Medicaid, People who are either on the Obama exchanges or are worried they're going to lose their employee sponsored health insurance? Yes, we have a lot of reforms that we need to push through, but The answer is not to grow government and further subsidize insurance companies, which is exactly what those subsidies do. It doesn't help bring premiums down. We got to do it for the people, not for the insurance companies. That's a pretty important decision, sir. Thank you for your time. (08:03–08:11)

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Asserts that government growth and subsidies to insurance companies do not help reduce premiums.

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