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Tammy Baldwin: “I talked to a farmer in central Wisconsin who both she and…”

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

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And they're telling me I'm either going to have to close my business or not offer insurance to myself and my employees, and then we're all going to be in that big pool of people who are costing you money. I talked to a farmer in central Wisconsin who both she and her husband and all their employees use the Affordable Care Act. So it's small businesses going out of business. But also, how do restaurants keep their employees from going to big corporations that can provide health care for them? (10:19–10:29)

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Asserts that a farmer and her employees in central Wisconsin rely on the Affordable Care Act for health insurance.

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