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Ron Johnson: “Medicare's trust fund is going to run out in 2028. Social…”

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

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Sen. Ron Johnson interview with El American

Published | Video Starts at 06:22

… it, and let's do everything we can to grow our economy to create opportunity for everybody so that we have the revenue to solidify and save Social Security. Right now, Medicare's trust fund is going to run out in 2028. Social Security's trust fund will run out in 2035. That's, that's a blink in the eye. I mean, it'll be on us so fast. And the longer we wait to save these programs, the more devastating it's going to be when those trust funds run out. (06:22–06:29)

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Asserts that Medicare and Social Security trust funds are projected to run out in 2028 and 2035, respectively.

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