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Tony Evers: “The idea that somehow we're just going to throw away $2…”

Featuring: Tony Evers, Democratic | Governor of Wisconsin

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Published | Video Starts at 06:03

Oh, they don't talk about that personally. But, you know, you think about, think about central Wisconsin and the healthcare needs in central Wisconsin and northern Wisconsin. They're significant. And The idea that somehow we're just going to throw away $2 billion that would come from the federal government, that's not going to go away. Are you going to include the full Department of public instructions request 4 billion in your budget? Well, we haven't done it yet, but that's a big number. (06:03–06:12)

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Asserts that rejecting Medicaid expansion would mean losing $2 billion in federal funds.

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