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Ron Johnson: “When they first estimated the cost of health care, they said…”

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

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Senator Johnson Discusses Obamacare on America's Newsroom

Published | Video Starts at 02:10

It's also going to do great harm to our health care system. Senator, how are you seeing that already? Well, this is just the tip of the iceberg. But the fact of the matter is When they first estimated the cost of health care, they said in the first 10 years it would reduce our deficit by $143 billion. Now, they've already looked at the class act and realized that's not going to work. That. So that's going to deprive this their estimate of $86 billion of revenue. (02:10–02:19)

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Asserts that initial estimates claimed the health care law would reduce the deficit by $143 billion over ten years.

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