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Mandela Barnes: “A public option for Medicaid is absolutely necessary…”

Featuring: Mandela Barnes, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Wisconsin

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Interview with Mandela Barnes for Governor

Published | Video Starts at 07:09

And one of the things in particular people were working on back in 2017 was a public option for their Medicaid. Like, these are states that had already expanded Medicaid, and now we're opening the doors for A public option for Medicaid is absolutely necessary, absolutely needed here in Wisconsin. But this is, you know, this is nine years ago we're talking about. States were implementing it. Nevada's getting, you know, their program is rolled out. (07:09–07:18)

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Asserts the necessity of a public option for Medicaid in Wisconsin.

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