Cory Booker: “I cannot emphasize to you strongly enough, we decided to start this whole thing at 7 p.m. last night with Medicaid. We…”

“I cannot emphasize to you strongly enough, we decided to start this whole thing at 7 p.m. last night with Medicaid. We read story after story after story after story of people who are Medicaid beneficiaries who are terrified, who are afraid. If they cut $880 billion, if they diminish the cuts in any way to their services--they are holding together their lives in this fragile financial equilibrium, and one little tug of a transportation service, one little tug of a home healthcare giver, and it all crumbles. They are terrified and afraid. Some Americans are dealing with the greatest challenges--not of their own making. Some of them are working full-time jobs, and getting an injury causes an extraordinary amount of chaos to their lives. So, yes, I read from the people who are recipients. I read from the people who run hospitals--from rural hospitals, to urban hospitals, to level I trauma centers--who all said that if they cut hundreds of billions of dollars, it will affect them. I did something really important. I read from Republican Governors and Democratic Governors because I keep saying over and over: America, this is not right or left. It is right or wrong. It is not a partisan moment. It is an American moment. It is a moral moment. I read voices from Republicans specifically, Republican Governors in Medicaid expansion States.…”