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Sara Rodriguez: “Cuts to Medicaid and Medicare are going to hit our rural…”

Featuring: Sara Rodriguez, Democratic | Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin

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Wisconsin Disability Caucus 2026 Governor Candidate Forum

Published | Video Starts at 1:04:07

… to expand access to not only primary care, but specialty care within our more rock rural spaces. Part of my plan includes rural health stabilization funds because we know these Cuts to Medicaid and Medicare are going to hit our rural spaces even harder than our suburban and urban spaces. So we've got to have a little bit of a band aid so we can have that there before we can fix what Trump and the Republicans have broken. (1:04:07–1:04:14)

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Asserts that cuts to Medicaid and Medicare will disproportionately affect rural areas.

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