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Sara Rodriguez: “We are missing out on a 90% match from the federal…”

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 22:03

And we are unique in Wisconsin is that we did expand Medicaid just not to the Affordable Care Acts requirement. So we are missing out, and I know you know this, but We are missing out on a 90% match from the federal government [for Medicaid expansion]. Yeah. And that is about $2 billion over the biennium that we as taxpayers are paying that we could have been getting from the federal government. (22:03–22:11)

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Asserts that Wisconsin is missing out on a 90% federal funding match for Medicaid expansion.

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