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Ron Johnson: “High-risk pools are extinct [due to Obamacare].”

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

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Senator Johnson talks Obamacare on Hannity

Published | Video Starts at 06:50

But one, one thing people have to recognize is Obamacare has already done a lot of structural damage to the insurance market. For example, high risk High-risk pools are extinct [due to Obamacare]. So for example, that couple with cancer in Wisconsin that is losing their coverage, seeing their premiums double in the exchanges, there's not much we can do about that, but we can try and limit the damage for millions of other Americans. (06:50–06:53)

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Asserts that Obamacare has eliminated high-risk insurance pools.

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