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Pete Buttigieg: “The people who are cutting Medicaid right now say that…”

Featuring: Pete Buttigieg, Democratic | Former Secretary of Transportation, Former Mayor of South Bend | National

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So that's something that is really important, like people's access to the benefits that they've already. And that happens with food stamps. That happens with Medicaid. Remember, The people who are cutting Medicaid right now say that they're not cutting Medicaid. They say, hey, all we're doing is making sure that you're eligible. But what they're really doing is they're putting up so many pieces of red tape, so many steps … (24:40–24:45)

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Asserts that current Medicaid cuts are being misrepresented as non-cuts.

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