EXCLUSIVE: Dems to force votes on Medicaid as it becomes sore point in Senate budget fight
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Democrats are planning to make Republicans take uncomfortable amendment votes, including several on protecting Medicaid from cuts.
Among her tranche of amendments will be several to protect Medicaid access and funding for senior citizens, children, people suffering from drug addiction, Americans in rural areas and for pregnant women. Julia Johnson is a politics writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business, leading coverage of the U.S. Senate. She was previously a politics reporter at the Washington Examiner.
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"Americans want us to lower the cost of their health care, not rip it away from new moms, seniors in long-term care, and poor kids," Baldwin told Fox News Digital in an exclusive statement. "Republicans have claimed they would protect Medicaid – despite their budget telling us otherwise – but tonight, they will have the chance to put their money where their mouth is: will they prevent Medicaid from being cut or will they put it on the chopping block to fund their billionaire tax break?"
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