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Michael Bennet: “Medicaid [could be] ripped away from a rural hospital that…”

Featuring: Michael Bennet, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Colorado

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Senator Bennet and Representative Neguse Host Steamboat Springs Town Hall

Published | Video Starts at 1:24:47

And I think just as important as what Joe said, which is critically important, which is making sure people understand the effects of this bill, to understand what it looks like to have Medicaid [could be] ripped away from a rural hospital that already doesn't have OB services. that already doesn't have the basic mental health that exists in any other industrialized country in the world but somehow doesn't exist on the western slope of Colorado before those … (1:24:47–1:24:53)

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Asserts that Medicaid cuts could affect rural hospitals lacking obstetrics services.

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