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Mark Pocan: “55% of seniors who are in nursing homes like my mom was at…”

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

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Rep. Mark Pocan 'people are pissed' that Republicans are fleeing town halls.

Published | Video Starts at 07:48

So I'm going to make it that they're uneasy if they're going to cut Medicaid from 1 out of 3 kids in Wisconsin who gets their health care from that 55% of seniors who are in nursing homes like my mom was at the end of her life on Medicaid. 45% of adults with disabilities living independently just in Wisconsin. Those numbers, those are the people impacted. 1.3 million people. (07:48–07:54)

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Asserts that 55% of seniors in nursing homes in Wisconsin are on Medicaid.

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