STAT+: GOP hits resistance on Medicaid cuts, and a brewing plan to lower drug prices
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Lobbying against Medicaid cuts
There comes a time in any effort to make significant cuts to a large government program that those who benefit from the program push back. That time has arrived, according to Daniel Payne.
