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Tammy Baldwin: “You can't cut a trillion dollars out of Medicaid over 10…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 05:57

… complexity to make it really difficult for somebody who's perhaps juggling two, three jobs to maintain their eligibility. And it's disappointing, but we know it's going to have those impacts. You can't cut a trillion dollars out of Medicaid over 10 years without kicking people off who are eligible. And that's what we're going to see happening. But again, the Affordable Care act tax credits expire at the end of this year. (05:57–06:07)

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Asserts that cutting a trillion dollars from Medicaid will remove eligible people from the program.

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