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Ron Johnson: “If you're above $130,000, you're not going to get…”

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

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Sen. Ron Johnson: We're happy to work with Democrats and fix the broken Obamacare system

Published | Video Starts at 10:13

Again, for somebody, the poverty line is $50 a month. It's $10 a week. Again, it's going to increase cost, but again from $18,000 subsidy to 17,500. So again, If you're above $130,000, you're not going to get subsidized. You should have been subsidized. That was a mistake. We never should have done that. Okay. So I don't think this is going to be any kind of gut wrenching problem if these enhanced subsidies just go away. (10:13–10:18)

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Asserts that individuals earning above $130,000 do not receive subsidies.

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