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Unidentified testifier tells House Committee on Budget Democrats bill would strip health care from 17,000,000 people
Summary
An unnamed testifier told the House Committee on Budget Democrats that a pending bill would cause 17,000,000 Americans to lose health coverage, impose large Medicare cuts, and reduce SNAP and other programs while funding roughly $5,000,000,000,000 in tax cuts largely for the wealthy.
An unidentified testifier told the House Committee on Budget Democrats that a pending bill would remove health coverage for 17,000,000 people and strip nutrition support from millions more, and urged lawmakers to reject it.
"The health care of 17000000 people who have it today and may lose it by the end of the week, that's all on the line," the testifier said, citing a Congressional Budget Office estimate and warning that the outcome could hinge…
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