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Mark Pocan: “22 million people benefited from [the Affordable Care Act].”

Featuring: Mark Pocan, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 2

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With Liberty and Justice for Some Ep. 41 Answering your Questions

Published | Video Starts at 14:21

There's a lot of ways it could be done, but the votes that they had in Congress at that time were to work within the current system and provide some assistance to people that otherwise weren't able to afford Access. And that's 22 million people benefited from [the Affordable Care Act]. that system. That's. That's big. It's huge. Plus, don't forget, you know, it used to be they could deny people with preexisting conditions care. Being a woman was a preexisting condition, believe it or not. (14:21–14:26)

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