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Janice Schakowsky: The budget before us cuts Medicaid by $1.5 trillion before really, in my view, cannibalizing it by converting it into a…

On the recordMarch 11, 2019
The budget before us cuts Medicaid by $1.5 trillion before really, in my view, cannibalizing it by converting it into a block grant.
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Janice Schakowsky
Democratic · Illinois

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Schakowsky discusses significant cuts to Medicaid in the proposed budget.

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