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Mark Pocan: “They rescind protections for nursing home residents that…”

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

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Mark Pocan Discusses Impact of Proposed Health Care and Social Program Cuts in Wisconsin Town Hall

Published | Video Starts at 02:41

They ban gender affirming care for all individuals on Medicaid. And Exchange, and they rescind. This is how bad and kind of awful it gets. They rescind protections for nursing home residents that required adequate staffing. There's no federal dollars to that. It's just. So don't forget, 55% of people in Wisconsin who are in a nursing home get help from Medicaid. (02:41–02:47)

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