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Rebecca Cooke: “Richland center in particular, they've been trying to…”

Featuring: Rebecca Cooke, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. House Wisconsin, District 3

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We've been doing that over time since we saw that bill passed because we knew what the impacts were going to be. I've met with folks down in Richland center most and all these different smaller communities in Richland center in particular, they've been trying to recruit an orthopedic surgeon for three years and they don't have a single psychiatrist in the entire county. They just got an orthopedic surgeon. Good news, which is I found out a couple of weeks ago. But you know, hospitals are really struggling. (18:24–18:32)

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Asserts that Richland Center has struggled to recruit an orthopedic surgeon and lacks a psychiatrist.

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