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Eugene DePasquale: “We want to make sure that the consumers of any area, anyone…”

Featuring: Eugene DePasquale, Former Candidate, Pennsylvania Attorney General

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On The Issues: Eugene DePasquale (2/21/2024)

Published | Video Starts at 15:36

But my job as Attorney General would be to make sure that no one health system has a monopoly in any one area. That we want to make sure that there is competition. That's number one. Number two, We want to make sure that the consumers of any area, anyone that has health insurance, has access to those facilities. What we saw tragically pay out in southwestern Pennsylvania before the latest consent decree between UPMC and Highmark was that people who had an insurance with one of the other … (15:36–15:43)

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Asserts the importance of ensuring health insurance holders have access to healthcare facilities.

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