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Ron Johnson: “Some of these folks close to retirement are facing premiums…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 01:28

And I'm actually working with a couple of Democrat senators to address those individuals because they are facing unbelievably high premiums because of Obamacare. It is so destroyed the individual market. Some of these folks close to retirement are facing premiums of 36, $38,000 a year. So I'd like to help them. But again, I really have. There's no reason to extend the enhanced temporary pandemic subsidies for people who still will retain the Obamacare subsidies. (01:28–01:34)

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Asserts that some individuals near retirement face premiums of $36,000 to $38,000 annually.

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