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Jodi Emerson: “It was a very big mistake for Governor Walker to refuse…”

Featuring: Jodi Emerson, Democratic | Wisconsin State Assembly, District 91

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Campaign 2018: Jodi Emerson (D) Candidate for 91st Assembly District

Published | Video Starts at 02:12

Well, the first thing that we can do as a state is to accept those Medicaid dollars. Anytime we can do that and boost up our systems, I think is phenomenal. I think It was a very big mistake for Governor Walker to refuse those [Medicaid] funds. So simply accepting the Medicaid dollars, like you said, there's a lot of clinics and nursing homes who rely completely on Medicaid dollars to keep their doors open. (02:12–02:16)

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Asserts that Governor Walker's refusal of Medicaid funds was a mistake.

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