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Mark Pocan: “We are that lonely industrialized country that doesn't have…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 36:44

Given what just happened to the Affordable Care act, what's about to happen to Medicaid because of the big beautiful bill. I think more people are going to understand that We are that lonely industrialized country that doesn't have universal health care. and that we deserve to have something like that. And as a small business owner of 37 years, I know the model we have. (36:44–36:50)

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Asserts that the United States is the only industrialized country without universal health care.

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