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Ron Johnson: “Every incentive in our current financing system for health…”

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

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Sen. Ron Johnson: We have a health care financing problem

Published | Video Starts at 08:39

Every incentive in our health care system is for higher prices because everybody's getting a cut off it. If you're making 10%, you'd much rather take 10% off of $10,000 than $1,000. So Every incentive in our current financing system for health care drives prices higher. And that's the reason we're paying double, triple. Other developed nations in terms of health care. We do have excellent health care in many areas because of just American innovation. (08:39–08:45)

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Asserts that the current health care financing system incentivizes higher prices.

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