Keep Your Hands Off Medicaid

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Ms. BARRAGAN. Mr. Speaker, don't believe the lies. House Republicans are trying to pass a budget that kicks people off healthcare.

Today, the Congressional Budget Office released an analysis that Republicans' proposals that they are considering would slash Medicaid spending that would lead to millions of people losing healthcare coverage.

Behind every Medicaid recipient is a person whose life depends on it.

Brian Gutierrez, a constituent from South Gate, California, lives with spina bifida, a lifelong disability. He says: For many of us, these cuts are not abstract numbers. They are the difference between stability and crisis, between life and death. I am healthy today because Medicaid stood by me. I am thriving because I have had consistent, reliable access to the care I need.

Medicaid makes independence possible. It makes survival possible. It makes dignity possible. Any threat to Medicaid is a threat to our lives.

The Republican budget is a threat to millions of lives. That is why House Democrats are fighting to protect Medicaid.

Please, keep your hands off Medicaid.

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