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Kelda Roys: “Medicaid expansion [was] taken functionally off the table…”

Featuring: Kelda Roys, Democratic | Wisconsin Senate, District 26

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Kelda Roys Took Us Back to Her Old High School

Published | Video Starts at 05:21

And all my friends in the primary have basically made Medicaid expansion the centerpiece of their health care. Plans. And I've been the candidate that tells the truth and says, unfortunately, that option was Medicaid expansion [was] taken functionally off the table for Wisconsin by the big ugly bill. Right. And let's talk about why and let's talk about what we can do, because that's not an option for us. And it's not because I don't want to expand Medicaid. (05:21–05:34)

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Asserts that Medicaid expansion is not an option for Wisconsin due to a specific bill.

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