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Mark Pocan: “Almost 14 million people lose health care, 11 million people…”

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

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Mark Pocan Discusses Impact of Proposed Health Care and Social Program Cuts in Wisconsin Town Hall

Published | Video Starts at 21:40

… a Republican hired Kevin McCarthy, the person who's in charge right now, they're saying, oh, their numbers aren't right and all this stuff. No, their Numbers are right. 14 people, Almost 14 million people lose health care, 11 million people lose food assistance. Right. Right off the bat, not counting premium increases and all the rest. Right, we know that's true. But getting that right information out there, so help us because some of these graphs are unbelievably damning. (21:40–21:45)

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Asserts that proposed policies would result in nearly 14 million losing healthcare and 11 million losing food assistance.

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