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On the recordMarch 22, 2023
If Republicans go after Medicaid the way they did in 2017 by cutting Federal support to State Medicaid programs... that guaranteed backstop of nursing home care for seniors is ripped away.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Wyden warns against potential cuts to Medicaid that would harm seniors' nursing home care.

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