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Mark Pocan: “It would take a half a trillion off of Medicare by the bill…”

Featuring: Mark Pocan, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 2

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Mark Pocan Discusses Impact of Proposed Health Care and Social Program Cuts in Wisconsin Town Hall

Published | Video Starts at 1:03:31

What does the debt have to get. To before they take a half a trillion out of Medicare? I don't know that offhand, but it's triggered by what they did. It would take a half a trillion off of Medicare by the bill they passed, if not changed. would do that. Yeah. And by the way, this is an old number I saw, and by old, I mean like six weeks ago number. (1:03:31–1:03:38)

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Asserts that a bill would reduce Medicare funding by half a trillion dollars.

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