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Mark Pocan: “We're the only industrialized nation that doesn't have…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 11:38

… to deliver on promises to upgrade America's crumbling infrastructure, tackle the health crisis and all the rest of it. Yeah, I mean, those are the big issues, right? I mean, We're the only industrialized nation that doesn't have universal health care. And even on Medicare, you don't have coverage for dental, vision and hearing, which clearly are healthcare. Climate change, we see it seems like every single month more signs of a changing climate that we're not addressing. (11:38–11:42)

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

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