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Melissa Hughes: “We will expand the lower income levels to be able to…”

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 02:36

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. And We will expand the lower income levels to be able to participate, to make it affordable for lower income levels. But at its biggest, we're going to have a public option. And Dr. Lyerly, that was a really hard decision for me because I grew up with two parents who were doctors. (02:36–02:45)

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Asserts that the plan will make Badger Care affordable for lower-income levels.

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