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Ron Johnson: “Obamacare is primarily addressing the individual market.”

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

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Sen. Johnson on CNN's New Day

Published | Video Starts at 05:35

Some of those states haven't taken advantage of the law. They didn't want to. They set themselves up for failure. And in other ones you have some endemic problems you need to address. Obamacare is primarily addressing the individual market. Nowhere near the number of uninsured became insured. About 20 million people, of that about 10 million are in individual market. More than half of those already had insurance. (05:35–05:39)

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Asserts that Obamacare primarily addresses the individual market.

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