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Ron Johnson: “CBO actually has a January 2017 baseline and one of the…”

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

Sen. Johnson on CNN's New Day

Published July 27, 2017 | Video Starts at 00:39

You know the headline figure that the first year 15 million Americans would lose coverage. 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. (00:39–00:48)

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Asserts that the January 2017 CBO baseline shows no difference in the individual non-group market.

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