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Mark Pocan: “We've lost rural hospitals.”

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 29:30

And the hospitals, to their credit, are very loudly speaking out against these cuts. But it will affect. And you know, We've lost rural hospitals. Affect Eau Claire. I don't even want to call it Eau Claire. Rural lost their two hospitals. And right now people are trying to maybe come in and do something. (29:30–29:33)

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