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Seneca County residents urge supervisors to plan for Medicaid, Social Security and Medicare cuts
Summary
Two Seneca Falls residents told the County Board that proposed federal Medicaid and entitlement reductions would strain local health and social services and asked the board to prepare outreach, shelter and nutrition responses and to pass a resolution urging congressional action.
Frank Blasquitz, a Seneca Falls resident, told the Seneca County Board of Supervisors during public comment that he and his wife moved to the Finger Lakes five years ago and are worried about proposed federal cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. "We want no cuts to Social Security," Blasquitz said, urging the board to prepare now and "plan for the worst, and hope for the best." He asked the board to create a special task force to contact veterans, seniors, parents, Medicaid recipients and others to assess needs and to consider passing a resolution urging Rep. Claudia Tenney and Senators Charles…
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