Slashing health insurance affordability does not make America healthy. Nor more economically secure. At an Easter luncheon a couple of weeks ago, Mr. Trump stated that, quote, it's not possible for the federal government to pay for Medicare and Medicaid. It's up to the states to take responsibility for those programs. And as the person in charge of CMS, and after 60 years of operation as a federal program, which, by the way, your father voted for in 1965 when he … (00:00–02:50)
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Asserts that Trump stated the federal government cannot pay for Medicare and Medicaid, suggesting state responsibility.
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