Ron Johnson: “The third party payer system is the root cause. Nobody knows…”

“Well, my focus has always been we've got to stop mortgage our children's future. And I'd love to repair the damage done by Obamacare and transition to a system that works. And that system would involve consumerism. The third party payer system is the root cause. Nobody knows what anything costs. They're not responsible for paying for providers or for services directly. So as a result you have massive cost inflation in healthcare.” (05:58–06:04)

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