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Mike Johnson: “The cost of health care has skyrocketed since Obamacare was…”

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

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Speaker Johnson Joins Squawk Box on CNBC

Published | Video Starts at 04:14

They're using the American people as pawns in this game to leverage to get all of that. And we can't and we will not do it on the subsidy. It's a very important point. The cost of health care has skyrocketed since Obamacare was created in 2010. It did exactly the opposite of what they promised us. The Democrats did that entirely on their own with no Republicans, because we knew that was a boondock. (04:14–04:20)

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Asserts healthcare costs have increased since the Affordable Care Act's inception.

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