Patty Murray: “The worst of those cuts won't come into effect until next…”

“Because Republicans wrote this bill so the cuts would happen over time, not at once and not all right after they passed it. Just look at the more than $1 trillion in cuts to health care and Medicaid. Republicans passed The worst of those cuts won't come into effect until next year and then in 2028. But hospitals in our state are already bracing for this grim reality. I've talked to doctors and hospital CEOs in Eastern and central Washington.” (02:59–03:06)

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