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Phil Weiser: “In Colorado, we don't administer Medicare. That's a federal…”

Featuring: Phil Weiser, Democratic | Attorney General of Colorado

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And if I'm elected governor, we will transform it and the rest of the country will look to Colorado for leadership. Mr. Weiser, In Colorado, we don't administer Medicare. That's a federal issue. We administer Medicaid. and we need leadership of the type that I can bring that gets to the underlying cost, driving up health care costs. (27:01–27:06)

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Asserts that Colorado administers Medicaid, not Medicare.

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