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Kelda Roys: “We have really shameful racial disparities in a lot of our…”

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

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Interview with State Senator Kelda Roys for Governor

Published | Video Starts at 10:56

And I would say that it's, you know, the system we have does not lead to great outcomes. You know, this state has pretty high infant and maternal mortality, for instance. We have really shameful racial disparities in a lot of our health care outcomes. And just in general, in the United States, we spend more per person than on average than almost any other developed country. And yet our outcomes, our health outcomes are actually worse. (10:56–11:01)

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Asserts that Wisconsin has significant racial disparities in healthcare outcomes.

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