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Andy Beshear: “Healthcare is a basic human right.”

Featuring: Andy Beshear, Democratic | Governor of Kentucky

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Gov. Andy Beshear - Update on Medicaid Funding 7/22/26

Published | Video Starts at 33:14

But there's work to do in that year to fix it for the following year and then hopefully to cement in the General assembly the belief that Healthcare is a basic human right. and that while we can and should take steps to, to reduce healthcare costs where we can, we can't just ignore them, pretend they don't exist and not provide the funding that's needed. (33:14–33:17)

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