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Ruben Gallego: “He cut Medicaid and he raised ACA premiums.”

Featuring: Ruben Gallego, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Arizona

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Trump's Broken Promise: Prescription Drug Costs — Press Conference

Published | Video Starts at 01:22

He talks a big game about lowering drug prices, but when it mattered, he sided with Big Pharma. He made it harder for Medicare to negotiate. He cut Medicaid and he raised ACA premiums. And that's the pattern we're seeing over and over again. A lot of noise, a lot of performance. But families are still left and screwed in the end. (01:22–01:26)

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Asserts that Donald Trump cut Medicaid funding and increased Affordable Care Act premiums.

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