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On the recordJanuary 31, 2017
Gutting Medicaid would be a disaster for 74 million Americans including nearly a million New Mexicans.
Said by
Ben Ray Luján
Democratic · New Mexico

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Lujan warns against the negative impact of cutting Medicaid.

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