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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Woodward

‘Well, we all are going to die’: GOP senator’s stark mic drop to town hall over Medicaid cuts

Republican Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa had a grim message for her constituents furious over proposed cuts to Medicaid that could end health coverage for millions of Americans.

Over a chorus of groans from the crowd at a town hall in Butler County on Friday morning, Ernst said her Republican colleagues were making “corrections” to the federal healthcare program to stop “overpayments” and prevent “illegals” from receiving benefits.

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