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Ron Johnson: “A surgeon in Oklahoma set up a cash only surgical center…”

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

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Ron Johnson: "quit arguing about everything" | Wisconsin's Afternoon News

Published | Video Starts at 06:14

They're not responsible for paying for providers or for services directly. So as a result you have massive cost inflation in healthcare. To show you what's possible, we had A surgeon in Oklahoma set up a cash only surgical center. His prices are 10% of what hospitals charge. charged. Because that's consumerism. That's the prospect. That's what we can do if we reintroduce premarked principles into healthcare, which we don't have right now because the third party payer system, only the government and government is the worst consumer by the way. (06:14–06:24)

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