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Ron Johnson: “The average family is paying $18,142 per year [for health…”

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

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Sen. Johnson Opening Statement at Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

Published | Video Starts at 05:31

The truth is, back in 2008, when he was running as a candidate, according to the Kaiser foundation, the average family is paying about $12,680 per year. The latest figure by The average family is paying $18,142 per year [for health insurance], a $5,462 increase since [Obama's] promise. it's boarded 43%. And you can look year by year, obviously that's the largest increase because healthcare continued to increase. But even from 2013, the implementation, the year before implementation of Obamacare was 16,351, and today it's 18,142. (05:31–05:41)

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