When it comes to Medicaid, GOP lawmakers say the bill will strengthen the program, but by adding work requirements, ending gender transition care and going after waste, fraud and abuse. It's about cutting wasteful spending. The waste, the fraud, the abuse. Medicaid is not being cut. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office says the bill will cut Medicaid by nearly $700 billion. And Democrats say those cuts will put people's health care coverage at risk, impacting everyone. (01:39–01:42)
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Asserts that Medicaid funding is not being reduced by the bill.
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