If enacted, the balanced budget amendment would undercut the structure of Medicare and Medicaid by opening both to dramatic cuts in funding.
On the recordApril 10, 2018
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Schakowsky criticizes the balanced budget amendment's potential impact on Medicare and Medicaid funding.
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