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Ron Johnson: “100,000 Wisconsinites are paying the penalty [for not having…”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Ask The Expert: WI Senator Ron Johnson on health care

Published | Video Starts at 00:36

I mean the one size fits all model has just failed. I mean Obamacare marketplaces are collapsing. Premiums nationally have doubled. I talked to many Wisconsinites. They've tripled. We've got 100,000 Wisconsinites are paying the penalty [for not having health insurance]. 82% of those, I think have income under $50,000 a year. So it's just not working. I've got far greater faith in state and local officials having the concern and compassion for folks in their states to bring down premiums. (00:36–00:41)

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Asserts that 100,000 people in Wisconsin are paying a penalty for not having health insurance.

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