It would increase the debt by $3 trillion or over $3 trillion. That's not my number, that's the Congressional Budget Office' and it would take health insurance away from at least 14 million Americans. The bill would also gut Medicaid and food assistance in order to pay for $4.5 trillion in tax cuts for billionaires and the biggest corporations. By lowering the amount of federal dollars available for the program and imposing burdensome new paperwork requirements, over 173 in Connecticut alone would lose their Medicaid coverage. (06:17–06:31)
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Asserts that the tax bill would cut Medicaid and food assistance to fund tax cuts.
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