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Melissa Hughes: “Your long term disability is something that you need to keep…”

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

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Wisconsin Disability Caucus 2026 Governor Candidate Forum

Published | Video Starts at 37:31

And you know, once again, I think we see efforts by long term Republican leadership to create obstacles to people being able to access the care. And the effort to say to someone that Your long term disability is something that you need to keep proving again and again in order to avoid coverage. I think is an excellent example of red tape that has been put in place to make access to care more difficult. (37:31–37:51)

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Asserts that individuals must repeatedly prove long-term disability to avoid losing coverage.

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