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Tony Evers: “We're only 12 of us that haven't taken Medicaid expansion or…”

Featuring: Tony Evers, Democratic | Governor of Wisconsin

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I believe that one of the ways that we can make our health system the best it could be, we could join a whole bunch of other states. We're only 12 of us that haven't taken Medicaid expansion or Badger Care expansion. If we would take that opportunity from the federal government. And there's also, obviously with those numbers, there's all sorts of Republican governors that have gone along with this. (20:27–20:33)

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Asserts that Wisconsin is one of 12 states that have not expanded Medicaid or Badger Care.

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