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Tammy Baldwin: “Just under 50% of Americans get their health insurance…”

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

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Tammy Baldwin: 'Abandoning The ACA' Will Not Solve Underlying Problems Of U.S. Healthcare System

Published | Video Starts at 00:48

And then of course, there's a lot of agreement on the structural and systemic problems in our health care system. I want to make a point that Just under 50% of Americans get their health insurance through employers OR group insurance. 20% are on Medicaid, 15% on Medicare. 1% on TRICARE VA, and just over 6% are in this market. There are problems with this market, but I have to say that. (00:48–00:59)

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Asserts the distribution of health insurance coverage among Americans.

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