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WATCH: US Sen. Joni Ernst tells constituents concerned about Medicaid cuts “we all are going to die”

US Sen. Joni Ernst and her fellow senators will take up the proposed cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. Real solutions are need for the estimated 13.7 million who would lose their health insurance under the proposal. Not smirk at a camera.


US Sen. Joni Ernst and her fellow senators will take up the proposed cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. Real solutions are needed for the estimated 13.7 million who would lose their health insurance under the proposal. Not a smirk at a camera.

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