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Ron Johnson: “Inflation's gone up about 39%. These premiums have gone up…”

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 11:26

We need to fix Obamacare. As even the Washington Post said, the problem with the Affordable Care act is it was never affordable. Boy, no kidding. Rates. Here's one rate classification. Inflation's gone up about 39%. These premiums have gone up about 118%, three times the rate of inflation. That's just one data point. It's hard to look at it because you've got so many different premiums. But again, Obamacare has been a disaster. It did not. (11:26–11:35)

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Asserts that insurance premiums have increased by 118%, three times the rate of inflation.

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