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Mark Pocan: “I think that [profit] is probably the single overriding…”

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

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Congressman Mark Pocan Discusses Universal Healthcare with Dr. Speaker A and Trade Expert Laurie from RethinkTrade

Published | Video Starts at 10:19

No, this is what I go through pretty much every day that ends with the Y, with this new administration. So that's difficult. I'm sorry. No, no, let's focus on the profit, because that. I agree. I mean, I think that [profit] is probably the single overriding problem [in healthcare]. But where, just so people can understand, where does profit occur? That takes away from healthcare occurring. So profit occurs at every single step of health care. (10:19–10:21)

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Asserts that profit is the main issue in the healthcare system.

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