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Peter Welch: “In Vermont, we've got about 20, 25% of our families who get…”

Featuring: Peter Welch, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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Senator Welch exposes President Trump for cutting Medicaid.

Published | Video Starts at 00:11

The number one agenda item for him is cutting taxes for billionaires. The families be damned. These Medicaid cuts are brutal on each one of our states. But In Vermont, we've got about 20, 25% of our families who get Medicaid. And it's kids, you know, why not stiff them? And it's a lot of older folks who are in the nursing homes. Two out of the three beds we have in Vermont are Medicaid supported. (00:11–00:18)

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Asserts that 20-25% of Vermont families are on Medicaid.

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