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Mark Pocan: “The two most popular programs that we have in the federal…”

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

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With Liberty and Justice for Some Ep. 47, What Law Would you Change?

Published | Video Starts at 04:11

This has opened up a conversation on Medicare for all. Why are we the only industrialized nation that doesn't have universal health care? And we know as a member of Congress, I can tell you The two most popular programs that we have in the federal government, people who call up it's Social Security and Medicare. So this is an issue that makes a lot of sense why people would talk about it. And I just want to play two sound bites from two of the guests that brought this up. (04:11–04:17)

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Asserts that Social Security and Medicare are the most popular federal programs.

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