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Tammy Baldwin: “A third of all children have insurance through Medicaid.”

Featuring: Tammy Baldwin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Interview with Senator Tammy Baldwin on Healthcare Challenges and Legislative Efforts

Published | Video Starts at 07:28

But for Medicaid, I've heard from a lot of parents with children with disabilities, sometimes adult children with disabilities, who could not keep their children safe without the Medicaid coverage for health care and other wraparound services that are necessary. A third of all children have insurance through Medicaid. And so we, by organizing and elevating those powerful stories, have a fighting chance to defeat the worst of these provisions. Yeah. (07:28–07:33)

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