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Diana DeGette: “The biggest budget item in the Colorado budget is the state…”

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 17:38

… hurt blue states like Colorado and California where we have constitutional amendments that say you can't deficit spend. And already in Colorado, one of our biggest budget items, I think The biggest budget item in the Colorado budget is the state Medicaid match. 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. (17:38–17:45)

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Asserts that the largest budget item in Colorado is the state Medicaid match.

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