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Ron Johnson: “There's 160 million people that have employer sponsored…”

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

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Senator Johnson on MSNBC

Published | Video Starts at 09:06

We still have a lot of the free market. We have insurance companies, all the doctors and all the hospitals. The CBO estimate only a million people would lose their employer sponsored care. There's 160 million people that have employer sponsored care. And the decision for employers moving forward is do you pay $20,000 for an insurance plan in 2016 or do you pay the $2,000 penalty? (09:06–09:11)

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