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Gwen Moore: “It was yesterday when that, when that portal closed for…”

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

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Conversations with Tona Brown Congresswoman Gwen Moore on Advocacy in the U.S. Government.

Published | Video Starts at 12:10

And I think we just all need to become a more empathetic nation and world and understand that just because you don't think something will impact you doesn't mean that it won't. And they're learning the hard way. The hard way. I mean, It was yesterday when that, when that portal closed for Medicaid, it was everybody, it was disabled people, it was middle class. People who had granny in the nursing home were worried about whether or not there were going to be payments made to the workers there. It sent shock waves throughout everything. (12:10–12:21)

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