The notion that somehow people think that you should cut Medicaid and Medicare or block-grant Medicaid as a way to save dollars just because the population is growing, because of the demographics in our population, I just think is wrongheaded.
Maria Cantwell: “The notion that somehow people think that you should cut Medicaid and Medicare or block-grant Medicaid as a way to save…”
On the recordFebruary 14, 2018
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Cantwell criticizes the idea of cutting Medicaid and Medicare based on population growth.
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