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Tammy Baldwin: “Medicaid provides a lifeline of health care to tens of…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 08:03

In the first Trump administration, it was the efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act. This, I think Medicaid will be the crucial and pivotal health care issue of this second Trump administration. We know Medicaid provides a lifeline of health care to tens of millions of Americans, in particular 30 million children. It provides prenatal and postnatal care to nearly 40% of all, 40% of all births. About 8 million seniors are able to access long term care because of Medicaid. (08:03–08:15)

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Asserts that Medicaid supports tens of millions of Americans, including 30 million children.

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