Is that a place you could find savings, even looking for cuts in Medicare? No. What I've been pointing out is Covid created a massive surgeon in federal government spending. We were spending $4.4 trillion in 2019. This year we'll spend in excess of $7 trillion. That's a 58% increase. No Wisconsin family, if they had an illness, had to borrow $50,000, pay medical bills. If that family member got. Well, we'll keep borrowing $50,000 to spend at that level. (05:37–05:44)
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