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Joe Zepecki: “People are getting [healthcare] at the most expensive rate…”

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Manufactured Crisis: How Trump and Republicans Broke Wisconsin's Health Care

Published | Video Starts at 22:15

And what happens? Well, people still get sick, people still have accidents, people still need health care, but then when they go to get it, they People are getting [healthcare] at the most expensive rate there is in an emergency room. if they can make it there. Right. Well those hospitals, you know, and health, they're not going to eat that. Right? So they're passing those costs right back to the people who do have insurance. (22:15–22:29)

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Asserts that people are forced to use emergency rooms for healthcare, which is the most expensive option.

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