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John Hickenlooper: “Roughly a million Coloradans are on Medicaid.”

Featuring: John Hickenlooper, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Colorado

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Published March 6, 2025 | Video Starts at 13:35

Thank you. And Rebecca Paul, if I can interrupt just please your comment about Medicaid and Roughly a million Coloradans are on Medicaid. People don't realize some of these statistics that 60% of the people in nursing homes are on Medicaid. (13:35–13:40)

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Asserts that approximately one million residents of Colorado are enrolled in Medicaid.

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