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Ron Johnson: “I've heard some web experts say that the type of site that…”

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

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Senator Ron Johnson on CSPAN's Washington Journal

Published | Video Starts at 30:48

Well, it should have been working from day one. I mean, only the federal government could take three and a half years, spend almost a billion dollars and still not have any function. Website I've heard some web experts say that the type of site that healthcare.gov is would have cost between 5 and $10 million in the private sector. Now I actually probably believe those figures. So you know what's going to happen. Not only have millions of Americans lost their health care, those individuals on the individual market, again, that was a massive political deception, a massive political fraud. (30:48–30:58)

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Asserts that web experts estimate healthcare.gov would cost $5-10 million in the private sector.

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