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Rebecca Cooke: “We have to protect Medicare and expand Medicare to ensure…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 10:01

So thinking about how can we improve the Affordable Care act as it stands without totally blowing it up? We have to protect Medicare and expand Medicare to ensure that it's a social safety net that so many seniors really rely on. My perspective, I think we need to expand it for regular things that deteriorate as you age, like hearing, dental, and vision. To expand that, my parents will go down to Mexico. (10:01–10:08)

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Asserts that Medicare should be protected and expanded as a social safety net for seniors.

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