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Joel Brennan: “That's two and a half billion dollars that we have spent of…”

Featuring: Joel Brennan, Democratic | Candidate, Governor of Wisconsin

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Joel Brennan on Running for Wisconsin Governor: Healthcare, Housing, and Why He Jumped In Late

Published | Video Starts at 21:41

You know, Donald Trump has made it much more challenging. If Scott Walker had done this in 2014 when we had the opportunity. That's two and a half billion dollars that we have spent of state money to cover our own people. and to expand access at the same time, as federal taxpayers. We have been paying to cover people in Minnesota, in Iowa, in Alabama, you know, in every other state, up to 40 more states. (21:41–21:48)

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Asserts that Wisconsin has spent $2.5 billion of state money on healthcare coverage.

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