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Mike Johnson: “The architects of Obamacare were advocates of single payer.”

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

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Speaker Johnson Joins The Moon Griffon Radio Show

Published | Video Starts at 07:32

But we got one side that want to go single payer system, which is the only thing I know worse than Obamacare is the single payer system. Medicare for all. Exactly, Ramon, you're exactly right. And The architects of Obamacare were advocates of single payer. That's so important. They knew that they were designing was going to collapse on itself. And it was set up to do so with the Progressive Caucus. (07:32–07:37)

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Asserts that the creators of Obamacare supported a single-payer healthcare system.

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