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Mike Johnson: “The reason that Obamacare is having to be subsidized is…”

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

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Mike Johnson addresses military pay, layoffs during government shutdown

Published | Video Starts at 03:57

Are you starting to sweat this? No one has made a decision on those subsidies. There's a lot of reforms, probably 100 different ideas on how to improve it. The reason that Obamacare is having to be subsidized is because premiums have gone through the roof. When Obamacare was passed in 2010, they promised that the cost of care would go down. It's risen since 60% since that time. (03:57–04:03)

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Asserts that Obamacare requires subsidies because premiums have increased significantly.

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