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Diana DeGette: “Colorado itself has a $1.2 billion deficit this year that…”

Featuring: Diana DeGette, Democratic | U.S. House, Colorado, District 1

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Congresswoman Diana DeGette Discusses Impact of HHS Layoffs and Medicaid Cuts

Published | Video Starts at 17:55

And so if you cut Medicaid to the states, no matter what you label it as, then the states aren't going to be able to make up that difference. Colorado itself has a $1.2 billion deficit this year that they're going to have to make up. So also, if you make these adjustments to the states, even if you added a work requirement, which most experts say won't work, you still don't get up to $880 billion in saving. (17:55–18:02)

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Asserts that Colorado has a $1.2 billion deficit to address this year.

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