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Ron Johnson: “In Wisconsin, individual rates [have] double[d] and…”

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

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Sen. Johnson on CNBC's Squawk Box

Published | Video Starts at 03:27

What's not necessarily on the table right now are the market reforms, because I don't know that we can do that with 51 votes using a budget reconciliation process. And it's the market reforms that on the individual market literally have caused In Wisconsin, individual rates [have] double[d] and triple[d] out of pocket maximums [have] also skyrocket[ed]. So it's those market reforms that we really have to address that's been, from my standpoint, the real disaster of Obamacare. (03:27–03:30)

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Asserts that individual insurance rates and out-of-pocket maximums have significantly increased in Wisconsin.

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