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Tammy Baldwin: “The Affordable Care act gave every state the option of…”

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

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Season 3 Episode 9 The Blue Corner Tammy Baldwin

Published | Video Starts at 20:09

Probably 90,000 more people could be served by Medicaid had they chosen to expand. And it's not too late. They can still do it. But The Affordable Care act gave every state the option of expanding their Medicaid with a very sizable federal match. starting out at 100% and then going down to about 90% federal match to 10% state match. We have, you know, everyone should call their legislature in the state and say expand Medicaid. (20:09–20:19)

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Asserts that the Affordable Care Act provided states the option to expand Medicaid with significant federal funding.

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