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Melissa Hughes: “I am proposing and will include in my first budget when I'm…”

Featuring: Melissa Hughes, Secretary and CEO of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation

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Who Will Fix Wisconsin Healthcare? Missy Hughes Makes Her Case

Published | Video Starts at 02:13

Yeah, well, let's, let's hit the cost. We'll clump it into three things and we'll, and then we can dive in if we want to. So on the cost side of things, I am proposing and will include in my first budget when I'm governor, a public option [for healthcare]. So expanding badger care. We're going to use the infrastructure of Badger Care and we're going to expand it to a public option so everyone in Wisconsin has the opportunity to buy into Badger Care, regardless of your income level. (02:13–02:24)

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Asserts that she will propose a public option for healthcare in her first budget as governor.

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