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Ron Johnson: “The Patient Protection Affordable Care Act is doing neither…”

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

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Senator Ron Johnson on CSPAN's Washington Journal

Published | Video Starts at 33:35

They're going to go from about $1,100 a year to over to close to $2,500 per year. If you're a female 27 years old, they're going up by about 78%. So The Patient Protection Affordable Care Act is doing neither [protecting patients nor making care affordable]. We're seeing millions of people lose their coverage and we did not bend the cost curve down. We dramatically increased the cost curve because we've mandated all of these coverages which just automatically drive the cost of health care up. (33:35–33:44)

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Asserts that the Affordable Care Act is neither protecting patients nor making care affordable.

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