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Mark Pocan: “It would fire 26, 41 teachers, affecting 31,000 students in…”

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 54:21

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. So it's going to raise taxes, make drugs more expensive and kick people off of insurance. Yeah, pretty much. And fire teachers. (54:21–54:28)

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Asserts that proposed policies could result in the firing of 2,641 teachers, affecting 31,000 students in Wisconsin.

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