This is such an important conversation to be having right now. Since I've been in Congress from the jump, the conversation has been around this budget because from the get go Republicans voted for a continuing resolution and a budget framework which directs the Energy and Commerce committee to cut $880 billion. Republicans will continue to tell you and lie that this does not mean that Medicaid is being cut and that we are fear mongering. (00:50–01:07)
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Asserts that the Republican budget framework directs a cut of $880 billion.
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