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Sara Rodriguez: “Medicaid pays for, you know, almost 40% of births in…”

Featuring: Sara Rodriguez, Democratic | Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin

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Wisconsin Lieutenant Governor Sara Rodriguez Discusses Healthcare, Housing, and Political Challenges with Congressman Mark Pocan

Published | Video Starts at 27:32

And if we don't think that's going to affect people who have private insurance, it. So I worked as a health care executive within a large health care system. And we, you know, we know that Medicaid pays for, you know, almost 40% of births in Wisconsin. That's a huge percentage of people who are on Medicaid and our rural hospitals, the vast majority of people who come to Our rural hospitals are on Medicaid or are in Medicare. (27:32–27:38)

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