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Mark Pocan: “There was a half a trillion dollar cut to Medicare in the…”

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

Representative Mark Pocan Discusses Controversial Budget Bill and Health Report Issues

Published June 2, 2025 | Video Starts at 08:02

Maybe you got some problems in there. In fact, one problem, if I can, I know this is a quick aside, but there's There was a half a trillion dollar cut to Medicare in the bill the House passed because it gets triggered by the sequestration rules for PayGo. And they could have fixed it and they didn't because they didn't want to. Like, they just wanted to get this thing done. (08:02–08:14)

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Asserts that the House bill includes a $500 billion cut to Medicare due to PayGo rules.

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“Arkansas did some of these changes and when they did it was found 70% of the people that lost their coverage were eligible but simply…”
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“We didn't even mention the 330 billion dollar cut to higher education, largely Pell grants.”
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“Science is no longer respected in this administration.”
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“None of these people were selected for expertise.”
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“This is about consolidating power to one person, not even one branch of government to one person, Donald Trump.”
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“Congress, a co-equal branch of government, is also acquiescing, ignoring Article 1 of the Constitution.”
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“11 million people will lose food assistance.”
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“1.3 million people on Medicaid in Wisconsin that are going to maybe see their Medicaid taken away.”
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“One out of three kids in the state that gets their health insurance from Medicaid.”
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“45% of adults with disabilities living independently get their support from Medicaid.”
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“Two thirds of the people are working poor who are getting Medicaid.”
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“The tax provisions, the few tax provisions that help tipped employees or on overtime pay, et cetera, all of that adds up to 5% of the bill.”
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