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Ron Johnson: “Third party payer systems take consumerism out of [health…”

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

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Senator Ron Johnson's Wisconsin Town Hall: Addressing Federal Spending, Medicaid, and Immigration Concerns

Published | Video Starts at 49:03

I completely disagree with the way you say I vilify I don't, you know, I'm certainly not a fan of government because government, I believe, causes or exacerbates more problems than it solves. And again, it does so in health care. Third party payer systems take consumerism out of [health care], takes the benefits of free market competition. We'd be far more satisfied with health care if people paid pretty much out of their pocket for most of health care and insurance was covered, you know, was there … (49:03–49:09)

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Asserts that third-party payer systems remove consumerism and free market benefits from health care.

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