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Colin Allred: “When you take away Medicaid and you put in place these…”

Featuring: Colin Allred, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Texas

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Democratic candidate for Texas 33rd Congressional District Colin Allred discusses his campaign

Published | Video Starts at 14:54

Every family deserves to have that peace of mind that if something happens that they'll have quality insurance behind them. Right. And When you take away Medicaid and you put in place these provisions that are intended to kick literally millions of Texans off their Medicaid, that's going to then push those folks into our public health system. They're end up at Parkland or one of our county hospitals and a ulcer that costs maybe $10 for a pill to treat a year ago that has now burst becomes a surgery. (14:54–15:09)

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Asserts that provisions are intended to remove millions of Texans from Medicaid.

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