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Mike Johnson: “The average American would have their premiums reduced by…”

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

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Speaker Johnson Delivers Remarks After Vote to Open Government

Published | Video Starts at 10:11

The Unaffordable Care Act. The ACA did exactly the opposite of what they promised it when the Democrats passed their health care law back in 2010. You all remember The average American would have their premiums reduced by $2,500. They swore to you. And that was not true. And I think the people that drew it up knew it was not true in the very beginning. It was a lie. The people that were the architects of Obamacare, of the aca, wanted single payer. (10:11–10:19)

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Asserts that the promise of reducing premiums by $2,500 under the ACA was false.

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