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Sara Rodriguez: “Republicans are wanting to bring us back to that time [pre…”

Featuring: Sara Rodriguez, Democratic | Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin

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From ER Nurse to Governor: Sara Rodriguez on Making History

Published | Video Starts at 06:44

So they came into my ER so sick when they could have actually gotten the primary care that they needed and they would never have needed to come into my er. And what scares me now is Republicans are wanting to bring us back to that time [pre Affordable Care Act]. But when I think about health policy, because I've had these experiences, because I've done outbreak investigations nationally, internationally, I've seen sat by people's bedsides, I see people, I don't see policy, I don't see rhetoric. (06:44–06:49)

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Asserts that Republicans want to revert to the period before the Affordable Care Act.

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