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Jeff Smith: “We were the last state basically, to extend postpartum…”

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

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 extend postpartum Medicaid coverage. So that's, in some degrees, at least that's behind us. But it should never have taken us this long to become the last state to do that. (01:28–01:41)

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