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Tammy Baldwin: “Their number one target is, of course, Medicaid.”

Featuring: Tammy Baldwin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Baldwin Condemns Republicans' Move to Fund Tax Breaks for the Wealthy on the Backs of Americans

Published | Video Starts at 01:59

This time the tax break will be bigger and it will be paid for by taking food from hungry kids, shutting nursing home doors and ripping health care away from kids and disabled Americans. Their number one target is, of course, Medicaid. No matter what my colleagues use as a policy cover, the end result will be the same. (01:59–02:03)

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Asserts that Medicaid is the primary target for funding cuts in the current tax plan.

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