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Ron Johnson: “In the 40s it was 68 cents. In the 60s, 48 cents. Now it's…”

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

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Sen. Johnson on CNN's New Day

Published | Video Starts at 06:29

That's what actually works. And if I, if I really target a metric, it'd be how much of every health care dollar is actually paid for by the patient. In the 40s it was 68 cents. In the 60s, 48 cents. Now it's 10. So we've driven out free market competition to discipline the marketplace, to restrain the growth in health care costs. That's what we need to do long term. (06:29–06:34)

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Asserts historical data on how much of every health care dollar is paid by the patient.

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