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Eliot Engel: “Over 10 years, this budget calls for a $1.5 trillion cut in Medicaid and a $500 billion cut in Medicare.”

On the recordMarch 11, 2019
Over 10 years, this budget calls for a $1.5 trillion cut in Medicaid and a $500 billion cut in Medicare.
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Eliot Engel
Democratic · New York

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Engel highlights significant proposed cuts to Medicaid and Medicare in the budget.

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