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Home » Press Releases » Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee: On the 60th anniversary of Medicaid, Van Orden and Steil must explain why they passed the largest cut to Medicaid in history
On this day in 1965, Medicaid and Medicare were signed into law, two programs that have helped millions of Wisconsinites live longer, healthier lives and achieve economic security. Yet just weeks before Medicaid’s 60th anniversary, Derrick Van Orden and Bryan Steil joined House Republicans to cut nearly $1 trillion from Medicaid, ripping away health care from millions of Americans and raising medi...