{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/2025/12/video-release-sen-johnson-holds-psi-hearing-defining-the-problems-of-obamacare", "***VIDEO RELEASE*** Sen. Johnson Holds PSI Hearing Defining the Problems of Obamacare", "2025-12-11", "2025", "2025-12", "Republican", "Senate", "WI", "Ron Johnson", "J000293", "www.ronjohnson.senate.gov", "ronjohnson", "https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Yesterday, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), Chairman of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, held a hearing entitled \u201cDefining Our Healthcare Problem, and Principles We Should Follow to Solve It.\u201d The four Majority witnesses discussed how Obamacare\u2019s structural problems are fueling higher costs and rampant fraud, and they identified the harms they have experienced as a result.\n\nChristopher Briggs shared the story of his daughter with leukemia, showing how President Obama\u2019s repeated assurance that \u201cif you like your health plan, you can keep it,\u201d turned out to be a lie.\n\nNick Stehle told the story of his severely autistic son and explained how Medicaid expansion\u2019s able-bodied adults are first in line for home health care, with his son on a ten-year waiting list.\n\nJoel White outlined the massive consolidation in health care since Obamacare, which has weakened competition and driven prices up.\n\nTarren Bragdon discussed the massive Medicaid fraud recently uncovered in Minnesota and the GAO investigation showing how easy it is to defraud Obamacare.\n\nClips of the witnesses\u2019 testimonies can be found here.\n\nRead Chairman Johnson\u2019s opening statement here.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/2025/12/video-release-sen-johnson-holds-psi-hearing-defining-the-problems-of-obamacare"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.953075174242258, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}