Ron Johnson: “The failure of Obamacare demonstrates that the federal…”

“A 2019 JAMA paper estimated that at least 25% of U.S. healthcare spending is administrative waste, errors, overcharging and fraud. That would not be possible in a consumer driven competitive market. It just wouldn't happen. The failure of Obamacare demonstrates that the federal government is probably the worst consumer of all. Instead of lowering costs and improving quality and service, Obamacare simply throws trillions of dollars at a failed system hoping to mask its failures.” (03:41–03:48)

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