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Mark Pocan: “It's 10, 15 times cheaper to take care of someone in their…”

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

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Representative Mark Pocan Town Hall in Madison January 2025

Published | Video Starts at 22:11

But when you talk about things even like Medicaid, make sure you understand it's basic health care, basic survival for people who want to be in their home. And by the way, It's 10, 15 times cheaper to take care of someone in their home than put them in a nursing home. which is the alternative. So if you Take that funding out. And there's no space in the nursing homes and all the rest. Oh, no, there's some crappy people. (22:11–22:18)

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Asserts that home care is significantly cheaper than nursing home care.

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