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Gwen Moore: “In Wisconsin, we have 276,000 people that we know of that…”

Featuring: Gwen Moore, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 4

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Congresswoman Moore Press Conference on Republican Health Care Crisis

Published | Video Starts at 07:21

Their claim is that there are a lot of people who don't really need health care, that they are just idle young men in basements playing video games, and that somehow there's a whole population of people that don't need it. Well, In Wisconsin, we have 276,000 people that we know of that will be directly impacted by the loss of the combination of the affordable health care as well as Medicaid. And we think that there are not that many boys in the basement playing video games that are relying on health care in Milwaukee. (07:21–07:37)

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Asserts that 276,000 people in Wisconsin will be directly impacted by the loss of ACA and Medicaid.

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