… do the best for all folks who are disabled and need the special requirements that go along with life with a significant disability. But here's where there is a difference. The tax bill that's being proposed that will lower taxes is going to be paid for in significant part by drastic cuts to the Medicaid budget, maybe up to $800 billion. And in fact, in the House version of the reconciliation bill, the Energy and Commerce Committee, on which I served when I was in the House and has jurisdiction over Medicaid, was instructed in that resolution to come up with about $800 billion in savings. (03:14–03:32)
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Asserts that proposed tax cuts will be funded by up to $800 billion in Medicaid budget cuts.
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