Because we're in this moment where politics is drifting into worse and weirder territory every single day. But we in the Midwest know what politics is really supposed to be all about around here. We know that Health care isn't an ideological football, it's something that our lives depend on. We know what it means when Washington barely mentions how cancer is bearing down on Iowans like a storm front, or not doing anything about how long it can take people to get to a rural hospital that still has a maternity ward. (09:59–10:05)
CLAIM
Asserts that health care is a critical necessity, not just a political issue.
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