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Jon Ossoff: “Donald Trump and Mike Collins slashed Medicaid for what? To…”

Featuring: Jon Ossoff, Democratic | U.S. Senate Georgia

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Ossoff responds to Trump speech in Rome

Published | Video Starts at 06:40

Half of all births in Georgia are covered by Medicaid. 40% of all children in Georgia are covered by Medicaid. 70% of all Georgia seniors in nursing homes are covered by Medicaid. And Donald Trump and Mike Collins slashed Medicaid for what? To give the very wealthiest Americans in corporate America yet another tax break. You don't get to claim that you're fighting for working families in Georgia when you defund hospitals and nursing homes to cut taxes for the rich. And that's exactly what they've done. (06:40–06:50)

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Asserts that Donald Trump and Mike Collins cut Medicaid to provide tax breaks for wealthy Americans.

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