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Ron Johnson: “Extending the enhanced subsidies for everybody just makes no…”

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If Bill Clinton has nothing to hide, he should testify: Sen. Ron Johnson | Wake Up America

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The premiums on the individual exchange are outrageous, approaching 36 to $38,000 per year. And I'm actually working with some Democrats senators to address that specific problem. But Extending the enhanced subsidies for everybody just makes no sense. It would perpetuate that massive fraud probably costs about $30 billion a year. because of no premium policies. And those about 6 million of the 24 million were phantom policies. (02:06–02:16)

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