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Ron Johnson: “Estimates of 80 to 100 million Americans losing their…”

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

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Senator Ron Johnson on CSPAN's Washington Journal

Published | Video Starts at 31:50

… actually have a functioning exchange to purchase insurance for from, you can see employers starting to drop employer based coverage in the tens of millions. That's where you're seeing these Estimates of 80 to 100 million Americans losing their employer sponsored care, being forced to purchase insurance through the exchanges. Again that's from my standpoint, that was always the design of this. Get everybody on the government system. Understand when you're in those exchanges you might qualify for subsidies, but it will no longer be tax advantaged. (31:50–31:58)

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