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Mark Pocan: “The cuts to healthcare in general they did in the Big Ugly…”

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

Rep. Mark Pocan Exposes $17K Healthcare Premium Hikes Coming for Wisconsin Families

Published October 9, 2025 | Video Starts at 08:51

But again, can you talk about just how much of federal health care actually does go to undocumented immigrants? Yeah. Well, first of all, let me say The cuts to healthcare in general they did in the Big Ugly law were done to provide a tax cut for Elon Musk and Donald Trump and people who can afford to belong to Mar A Lago. So first of all, they stole our health care to give rich people a tax break. That's first and foremost in all of this. (08:51–09:01)

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Asserts that healthcare cuts were made to fund tax cuts for wealthy individuals.

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“Statewide, we'll see about a $17,000 increase next year in health insurance premiums through the Affordable Care act because of the…”
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“The 58 to 64 demographic is in the worst place on if you're on the Public Care act, those are going to be some of the biggest rate increases…”
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“That's going to cost about $434 billion billion dollars across the country.”
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“By federal law, not a dime can go to an undocumented person [through Medicaid, Medicare or the Affordable Care Act].”
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“1% of the Medicaid budget is money that goes to hospitals for if you go there and you don't have health insurance.”
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“I have gotten 14,435 calls so far on health care last week.”
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“I got 85 calls all week about the shutdown.”
Rep. Mark Pocan Exposes $17K Healthcare Premium Hikes Coming for Wisconsin Families | Uploaded October 9, 2025 | 00:05-00:09
“It sure would be nice if we had something like real broadband everywhere in Wisconsin.”
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“We were getting up to 500 calls a day when President Trump was stealing funds from nonprofits earlier this year through rescissions.”
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“We're going to get our new rate increases because of the big ugly law for the Affordable Care Act.”
Rep. Mark Pocan Exposes $17K Healthcare Premium Hikes Coming for Wisconsin Families | Uploaded October 9, 2025 | 02:15-02:21
“They lost their two hospitals, six 73,000 people, no hospitals.”
Rep. Mark Pocan Exposes $17K Healthcare Premium Hikes Coming for Wisconsin Families | Uploaded October 9, 2025 | 04:46-04:51
“They put a little band aid on this gaping wound of $50 billion, they're going to cover one out of $9.”
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“In Wisconsin, one of the three that's targeted is up in Osseo. It's the Mayo Clinic Oak Ridge facility up there.”
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“Derek Van Norden in Congress who recently wants to pull away all the federal funding away from the Mayo Clinic as well as the city of Eau…”
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“If you don't have town halls, you're not really listening to your constituents.”
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