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Tom Tiffany: “We're not going to cut Medicaid. In fact there's going to be…”

Featuring: Tom Tiffany, Republican | U.S. House Wisconsin, District 7

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Dryden Wire Live Interview with Congressman Tom Tiffany on Wisconsin Issues and National Policies

Published | Video Starts at 08:30

So my message is real simple in regards to Medicaid because the charge on the other side at this, on the other charge side of the political front is that you guys are going to cut Medicaid. Well, We're not going to cut Medicaid. In fact there's going to be more spending even on with what we have proposed. What we're saying though is that we should slow the rate of growth of spending because it is breaking the country. It's part of the reason that we're $36 trillion in debt. (08:30–08:37)

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Asserts that proposed changes will not cut Medicaid spending but will increase it.

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