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Bob Casey Jr.: “Even Medicare, which is an earned benefit, they want to chop…”

Featuring: Bob Casey Jr., Democratic | Former U.S. Senate, Pennsylvania

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United States Senators Bob Casey and Dick Durbin Answering Question from Public

Published | Video Starts at 08:00

They have proposed year after year, budget after budget after budget where they go after first and foremost Medicaid because they don't accept Medicaid as something that's necessary. But Even Medicare, which is an earned benefit, they want to chop it down over time. I mean you've seen them, they tried to voucherize it one year. They try to cut at the neck. Sometimes it try to do both. (08:00–08:07)

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