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Health On The Hill: Medicaid Untouched, Medicare Spared – For Now – In Debt

KHN’s Mary Agnes Carey talks with Jackie Judd about the lack of Medicare and Medicaid cuts in the initial round of cuts tied to the debt ceiling increase, and about what sort of cuts the programs could be open to later in the year.

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