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Democrats press GOP on Medicaid cuts during opioid hearing

By Robert King
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Democrats press GOP on Medicaid cuts during opioid hearing

House Democrats pilloried Republican proposals to cut Medicaid Thursday, charging that cuts to the program will exacerbate the crisis.

The attacks occurred during a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing to consider more than 30 bills to combat the opioid epidemic, the third in a series of hearings. The bills considered in the two-day hearing, which started Wednesday, focus on changes to Medicare and Medicaid.

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