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Ron Johnson: “15 million Americans lose coverage the first year [of the…”

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

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Sen. Johnson on MSNBC's Morning Joe

Published | Video Starts at 00:21

And now we're starting to get some information. And I've got some breaking news. We gave you a chart. I'm not sure you're using it, but the headline figure is 15 million Americans lose coverage the first year [of the Senate bill]. That's using a baseline From March of 2016, when these markets were unstable, but nowhere near where they are today. The most recent CBO baseline we have from January 2017, which was not being used on the individual market. (00:21–00:28)

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Asserts that 15 million Americans would lose coverage in the first year under the Senate bill.

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