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Dusty Johnson: “We can get to $880 billion of cuts within the jurisdiction…”

Featuring: Dusty Johnson, Republican | U.S. House, South Dakota's At-Large Congressional District

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Interview with Congressman Dusty Johnson on Medicaid Budget Concerns and Rural Healthcare

Published | Video Starts at 00:56

Many of your colleagues are nervous about the implications for future Medicaid funding. Do you share their concerns? Major, We can get to $880 billion of cuts within the jurisdiction of energy and commerce without cutting Medicare services, Medicaid services that people are receiving today. That can absolutely be done. How do you do that? Are you telling you otherwise? Well, I'm going to give you an example from snap. That's the welfare program. (00:56–01:08)

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Asserts that $880 billion in cuts can be made without affecting current Medicare and Medicaid services.

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