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Ron Johnson: “President Obama is primarily trying to shift the blame for…”

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

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Senator Johnson on In the Loop w/ Betty Liu

Published | Video Starts at 02:56

He said, look, he's going to ask insurance companies and he's going to ask states to uncancel some of those plans. That's not going to be adequate for you. Well, first of all, what President Obama is primarily trying to shift the blame for those canceled policies away from himself, away from Obamacare and onto the insurance companies. At this late date, I'm not sure how quickly the insurance companies can really react. In our state there about 22,000 Wisconsinites that enjoy the high risk pool, those things are pretty obsolete. (02:56–03:07)

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Claims that President Obama is deflecting blame for canceled insurance policies onto insurance companies.

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