Angie Nixon: “The government gets that bill, we get left holding the bag.”

“And we are paying that cost because there are so many people that don't have any insurance and they're already going to emergency rooms. And The government gets that bill, we get left holding the bag. And so we can stop that from happening by going ahead and passing universal health care, Medicare for all.” (15:07–15:13)

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