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Jodi Habush Sinykin: “We've lost out in close to $3 billion by that insistence on…”

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

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Campaign 2024: Jodi Habush-Sinykin (D) Milwaukee - Candidate for 8th Senate District

Published | Video Starts at 10:44

So we need to lift that and allow Medicaid to be provided to more people in Wisconsin. As it is, We've lost out in close to $3 billion by that insistence on opposing the Medicaid expansion. So that's first. That's easy. The second thing that we need to do is have our joint finance committee lift this ban that they have on releasing the $15 million for that Western Wisconsin hospital system that you referenced. (10:44–10:52)

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Asserts that Wisconsin has lost nearly $3 billion by not expanding Medicaid.

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