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Jasmine Crockett: “They pulled $1 trillion out of Medicaid and Medicare.”

Featuring: Jasmine Crockett, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 30

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Jasmine Crockett Holds Virtual Town Hall

Published | Video Starts at 38:47

Thanks, Congresswoman. The next question is around. How would Medicaid cuts affect hospitals and healthcare access throughout our community? Yeah. So the Medicaid cuts, it's much like my answer around food. They pulled $1 trillion out of Medicaid and Medicare. $1 trillion. And that was all so that they could start to pay for the tax cuts that they made permanent for very rich people. (38:47–38:51)

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Asserts that $1 trillion was removed from Medicaid and Medicare.

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