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Mark Pocan: “It reduces coverage for 595,000 Medicaid enrollees.”

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

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Mark Pocan town hall in Green Bay

Published | Video Starts at 54:08

And the Inflation Reduction act, the $2,000 cap annually would be removed under their ideas. It reduces coverage for 595,000 Medicaid enrollees. which again, are, as you know, some of the poorest folks that need healthcare. My patients, most of your patients. And it would fire 26, 41 teachers, affecting 31,000 students in the state of Wisconsin. (54:08–54:14)

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Asserts that proposed policies could reduce Medicaid coverage for 595,000 enrollees.

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