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Mark Pocan: “It would push the 33 million people enrolled in Medicare…”

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 38:10

Here we go. Okay, so here's how some of the majority parts of this, it would cut the american rescue plan programs that have created or saved 220,000 jobs so far. It would push the 33 million people enrolled in Medicare towards privatized Medicare advantage. This is really important. And I could go into a rabbit hole, which I will try my best not to, but half the people are on Medicare advantage. (38:10–38:16)

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