Ron Johnson: “Because it was guaranteed issue and community rating that…”

“… you admit in two different charts is a small slice of the people affected who are being disproportionately hit by costs. Why not fix that? Not scrap the whole thing? Because it was guaranteed issue and community rating that caused premiums on the national average. Double in Tennessee, triple. We need to address that honestly. Now we say repeal so you can fully replace it with something. So maybe it is fixed. You know, I've been talking quite some time.” (07:36–07:42)

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