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Ron Johnson: “Millions of [Americans] are losing their tax advantaged…”

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

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Senator Johnson OPM Lawsuit Press Conference

Published | Video Starts at 20:52

… are there for employers to drop coverage and have their employees obtain coverage through these changes. And so we're going to have a lot of people, a lot of Americans, Millions of [Americans] are losing their tax advantaged health care coverage, get dumped in the exchange, have to secure coverage after tax. Now we can talk about the tax treatment. I've always felt that was grossly unfair, that if you get employer sponsor care, you get a tax benefit and if you're on the individual market, you don't. (20:52–21:15)

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Asserts that millions of Americans are losing tax-advantaged health care coverage due to changes in the law.

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