Tom Cole: “Medicaid will get looked at soon simply because it's growing…”

“Neither one of them are likely to be considered in this legislation at all. The president has made unequivocal commitments to not cut benefits in Social Security and Medicare and in Medicaid. I think Medicaid will get looked at soon simply because it's growing so rapidly. You wouldn't cut it. You would decrease the rate of growth over what's currently projected and allow revenue generated through a robust economy to cut up, but to catch up with expenses.” (01:44–01:49)

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