The cost of health care will be going up for everyone, but even more so folks using the ACA. With those hikes creating huge problems for those who utilize it, but thanks to Wisconsin's only working Senator, those costs might not be as harsh. And we love having him here - host of Mornings with Pat Kreitlow, Mr. Pat Kreitlow himself joins us to discuss the Republicans who support Senator Baldwin's bill (quietly), as well as how $50 billion is not enough to save our rural hospitals, no matter what Capitol Hill or The White House says.

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