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Patrick Morrisey: “We sold off some of the government run health care…”

Featuring: Patrick Morrisey, Republican | Governor of West Virginia

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Gov. Patrick Morrisey Holds Press Briefing About New Tax Cuts For West Virginia

Published | Video Starts at 17:45

A lot of people talk about the fact, well, hey, Governor, when you came in, you pointed about some of the financial challenges. Yes. And here's what we did. We made tough decisions. We made spending reductions. Right. We sold off some of the government run health care facilities that were causing huge problems for the state. And I know some people didn't like that, but the quality is going to go way, way up. You know, one of those facilities is where a patient had been scalded and killed because the hot water was left on. (17:45–17:53)

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Asserts that government-run healthcare facilities were sold off due to problems they caused.

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