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Ron Johnson: “Tennessee...premiums tripled in Tennessee for a 40-year-old…”

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

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Johnson Lays Out Health Care Information on CNN

Published | Video Starts at 05:21

If we actually did a root cause analysis of what caused this trend line to increase. And we have the answer on that because HHS Commission study by McKinsey. Here's just one example. Tennessee. Their premiums Tennessee...premiums tripled in Tennessee for a 40-year-old male non-expansion state from 104 to $431. non Medicaid expansion state. Precisely. But here's the main cause, insured risk, which is guaranteed issue covering people with preexisting conditions and community rating. Chris, here's the good news. (05:21–05:33)

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