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Ron Johnson: “Obamacare is the greatest assault on our freedom in my…”

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

Senator Johnson at Commerce Committee

Published May 21, 2014 | Video Starts at 01:45

She's now 31 years old. Now she's a nurse practitioner. The reason my story has a happy ending is because my wife and I had the freedom. And that's the problem with Obamacare is the greatest assault on our freedom in my lifetime. We had the freedom to call up Boston Children's, Chicago Children's, and by the way, we just had a standard health care plan. (01:45–01:49)

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Asserts that the Affordable Care Act significantly restricts personal freedom.

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