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Jodi Habush Sinykin: “He [Dewey Strobel] voted to prevent that expansion from 60…”

Featuring: Jodi Habush Sinykin, Democratic | Wisconsin State Senate, District 8

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… families in Wisconsin as well as he was the single sole one and only state senator in Wisconsin who voted against expanding Medicaid to the most vulnerable moms in Wisconsin. He [Dewey Strobel] voted to prevent that expansion from 60 days to a year, leaving Wisconsin in a position that it's only us in Arkansas in the whole country who has opposed that expansion of medical visits for new moms and their babies. That's not great company to be in. Now, have you had a debate with him, excuse my ignorance on that. No, we haven't had one. (07:16–09:03)

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Asserts that Dewey Strobel voted against extending Medicaid expansion from 60 days to a year, leaving Wisconsin and Arkansas as the only states opposing this.

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