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Dick Durbin: “Instead of building on the success of the Chicago HEAL Initiative and improving our nation’s health care system…”

On the recordOctober 3, 2026
Instead of building on the success of the Chicago HEAL Initiative and improving our nation’s health care system, Republicans in Washington have enacted some of the most drastic cuts to Americans’ health coverage by slashing funding for the ACA and Medicaid.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Durbin discusses health care cuts by Republicans.

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