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Joel Brennan: “Taking $800 billion out of [Medicaid] for the next decade to…”

Featuring: Joel Brennan, Democratic | Candidate, Governor of Wisconsin

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Joel Brennan on Running for Wisconsin Governor: Healthcare, Housing, and Why He Jumped In Late

Published | Video Starts at 22:05

And so, you know, the one challenge is that I think things are fraught in Medicaid much more than they have been Taking $800 billion out of [Medicaid] for the next decade to pay for, you know, tax cuts for the rich. The fact that last week the President said he's introducing a budget that increases military spending by $1.4 trillion, by 40%, and that means because we're waging war, we can't afford to pay for childcare or Medicaid or Medicare. (22:05–22:13)

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Asserts that $800 billion is being removed from Medicaid over the next decade for tax cuts.

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