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Mark Pocan: “They cut 15 million people's access to health care, largely…”

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

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What are Republicans offering as an alternative to the Affordable Care Act?

Published | Video Starts at 00:51

So what the Republicans did, essentially, is in the big ugly law, they went in, They cut 15 million people's access to health care, largely through the Affordable Care Act and through the Medicaid plan. And they triggered, by the way, a half a trillion dollar cut to Medicare that doesn't get talked about nearly enough. (00:51–01:01)

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Asserts that Republican actions reduced health care access for 15 million people.

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