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Gavin Newsom: “Texas with its 16.7% uninsured.”

Featuring: Gavin Newsom, Democratic | Governor of California

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Published | Video Starts at 59:48

You know, despite some caps, we've done as much or more than any other state in the country. I think we got down to 6.4% on uninsured. And I think they were at the same time, Texas with its 16.7% uninsured. just put that in perspective. That's not a stat. That's like life, life saving, medicine, people's lives saved, struggling with the HR1 cuts. (59:48–59:52)

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