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Ron Johnson: “There will be all kinds of employers, there will be millions…”

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

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Senator Johnson OPM Lawsuit Press Conference

Published | Video Starts at 20:49

And I'm not exposing my employees to financial risk. I'm making them eligible for subsidies through the exchange. So what I've been arguing for years is that There will be all kinds of employers, there will be millions of employees that are going to lose their employer sponsored care because the incentives are there for employers to drop coverage. and have their employees obtain coverage through these changes. And so we're going to have a lot of people, a lot of Americans, millions of them, Losing their tax advantaged health care coverage, get dumped in the exchange, have to secure coverage after tax. (20:49–20:59)

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Asserts that millions of employees will lose employer-sponsored care due to incentives for employers to drop coverage.

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