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On the recordJune 7, 2017
It would be a tough sell to convince those people they are worse off being enrolled in Medicaid, or that the program needs more than a trillion dollars in cuts.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Wyden argues against proposed cuts to Medicaid, emphasizing its importance to many Americans.

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