So when they say, oh, we're going to have this budget but we won't cut Medicaid, that's a mathematical impossibility. We've got a million Coloradans that are enrolled in either Medicaid or CHIP. That's almost one in six Coloradans. 60% of the seniors in nursing homes are able to be there because they're covered by Medicaid. You cut Medicaid at that level and you're going to have a lot of grandmothers and grandfathers out on their ear or bankrupt. (22:51–23:00)
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