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Tammy Baldwin: “They've cut a trillion dollars out of Medicaid over the next…”

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

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Senators Tammy Baldwin & Patty Murray Answer Google Questions on Republicans' Gov't Shutdown

Published | Video Starts at 02:10

I can tell you what they say and why. They say the problem is there's no truth to it. So they have said we want to go after fraud, waste, and abuse. They've cut a trillion dollars out of Medicaid over the next decade, which they predict will mean that about 10 million Americans will actually lose their health care coverage. because of what they're doing. And this isn't. This is far beyond fraud, waste, and abuse. It is far beyond. And they're throwing out things that are not true. (02:10–02:24)

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Asserts that a trillion-dollar cut to Medicaid will result in 10 million Americans losing health care coverage.

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