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Mitt Romney: “We also shouldn't cut Medicare to pay for Obamacare to the tune of some $700 billion. That's what -- that's what the…”

On the recordAugust 12, 2012
We also shouldn't cut Medicare to pay for Obamacare to the tune of some $700 billion. That's what -- that's what the president does to Medicare, to current recipients of Medicare. He cuts the payments that go to Medicare by $700 billion. And he uses that to pay for Obamacare. Those are places where Paul Ryan and I agree.
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Mitt Romney
Republican · Utah

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Romney criticizes Obama for cutting Medicare funding to finance the Affordable Care Act.

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