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Mark Pocan: “Two thirds of people already getting Medicaid already…”

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 02:03

Well, they went deeper than the 880 and they got all the way to a full trillion dollars of health care cuts in their final bill. Some of the weirdness on this, Two thirds of people already getting Medicaid already working. Just for some of the myths that are out there, what they say they have to recertify every six months. They're penalizing states that cover undocumented immigrants that only use state dollars. (02:03–02:08)

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Asserts that two-thirds of Medicaid recipients are already working.

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