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Ron Johnson: “7 million of the 15 million were out of that individual…”

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

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Sen. Johnson on CNN's New Day

Published | Video Starts at 00:49

That's based on a March 2016 baseline, a year and three months old. CBO actually has a January 2017 baseline and one of the components, the individual non group market. There's no difference According to CBO, 7 million of the 15 million were out of that individual market. They were projecting 26 million people would have coverage under the new baseline. 18 million or 19 million people are going to have it, which is the exact same projection under the Senate bill. (00:49–00:53)

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Asserts that 7 million of the projected 15 million losing coverage were already out of the individual market.

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