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Ron Johnson: “Because premiums have skyrocketed as have out of pocket…”

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

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Sen. Johnson on CNN's New Day

Published | Video Starts at 03:08

You just said it's a huge mess. But obviously when you spend tens of billions of dollars subsidizing care, you know, people are going to like that. Here's part of the problem. Because premiums have skyrocketed as have out of pocket maximums, deductibles, a lot of people being subsidized in terms of insurance by the American taxpayer can't even use the insurance because the deductibles are so high. So on an individual basis there's been a lot of harm done. People like Gina Sell, who is a, who is a mom working a part time job, had to … (03:08–03:21)

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Asserts that high deductibles prevent subsidized individuals from using their insurance.

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