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Jeff Smith: “It took years, unfortunately, to extend postpartum for…”

Featuring: Jeff Smith, Democratic | Wisconsin State Senate, District 31

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Jeff Smith Show: 4-3-26

Published | Video Starts at 01:28

And maybe you could just give us a brief idea of what was accomplished this last time. Well, accomplishments are not a great deal. There were a few things that we did finally get through. It took years, unfortunately, to extend postpartum for Medicaid patients from six weeks to a year. We were the last state basically, to. To do that, to extend postpartum Medicaid coverage. So that's, in some degrees, at least that's behind us. (01:28–01:41)

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