Now, what many people don't realize is back in 2003, when we were doing George Bush's tax cuts, I added to that bill a Rural Hospital Relief Fund, and successfully so. So eventually A $50 billion rural hospital transformation fund was included in the bill. That will certainly help, but it does not begin to completely offset the cuts in the Medicaid program. But it should buy us some time. (29:06–29:15)
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