Trump's 100 Days: Preparing for Medicaid changes in CT
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[{'start': '0.160', 'end': '3.919', 'text': 'And first up at 4:30, Connecticut'}, {'start': '1.839', 'end': '5.920', 'text': 'leaders are preparing for how changes to'}, {'start': '3.919', 'end': '8.639', 'text': 'Medicaid at the federal level could'}, {'start': '5.920', 'end': '10.320', 'text': 'impact our state. Good afternoon. Thanks'}, {'start': '8.639', 'end': '12.719', 'text': 'for watching us here on Eyewitness News'}, {'start': '10.320', 'end': '14.799', 'text': "at 4. I'm Stephanie Simone. Our coverage"}, {'start': '12.719', 'end': '17.680', 'text': "of the Trump administration's first 100"}, {'start': '14.799', 'end': '19.520', 'text': 'days in office continues with a look at'}, {'start': '17.680', 'end': '21.119', 'text': "what's happening with Medicaid. Your"}, {'start': '19.520', 'end': '23.199', 'text': 'consumer investigative reporter Cassidy'}, {'start': '21.119', 'end': '25.199', 'text': 'Williams joins us to explain the numbers'}, {'start': '23.199', 'end': '27.680', 'text': 'here. Cassidy. Well, in Connecticut,'}, {'start': '25.199', 'end': '29.840', 'text': 'more than 900,000 people have Medicaid'}, {'start': '27.680', 'end': '31.840', 'text': 'insurance, what we call Husky. And as'}, {'start': '29.840', 'end': '33.440', 'text': 'President Trump seeks to cut fraud and'}, {'start': '31.840', 'end': '35.280', 'text': 'waste from government spending,'}, {'start': '33.440', 'end': '37.760', 'text': 'Connecticut Democrats worry the people'}, {'start': '35.280', 'end': '38.600', 'text': 'who need Medicaid will lose coverage in'}, {'start': '37.760', 'end': '42.280', 'text': 'the'}, {'start': '38.600', 'end': '45.520', 'text': "process. I've worked my whole life"}, {'start': '42.280', 'end': '48.960', 'text': "and I've been depending on Medicaid cuts"}, {'start': '45.520', 'end': '51.039', 'text': 'for Medicaid actually for for 20 years.'}, {'start': '48.960', 'end': '53.039', 'text': 'Joanne Morales in Bridgeport is fighting'}, {'start': '51.039', 'end': '55.680', 'text': 'cancer with the help of Medicaid'}, {'start': '53.039', 'end': '57.000', 'text': "insurance. Without Medicaid, that's not"}, {'start': '55.680', 'end': '59.680', 'text': 'possible'}, {'start': '57.000', 'end': '62.039', 'text': "because you know who can't who can"}, {'start': '59.680', 'end': '64.559', 'text': "afford chemo treatment. She's one of the"}, {'start': '62.039', 'end': '66.640', 'text': '900,000 plus people in the state who'}, {'start': '64.559', 'end': '68.880', 'text': 'benefit from Medicaid. Connecticut'}, {'start': '66.640', 'end': '71.280', 'text': 'received $6 billion dollar of federal'}, {'start': '68.880', 'end': '73.119', 'text': "funding for Medicaid last year. It's"}, {'start': '71.280', 'end': '75.680', 'text': 'billions of dollars state controller'}, {'start': '73.119', 'end': '77.759', 'text': 'Sean Scanland says Connecticut needs.'}, {'start': '75.680', 'end': '80.400', 'text': "We're in 100 days of the president's"}, {'start': '77.759', 'end': '82.640', 'text': "term. We've already lost $300 million."}, {'start': '80.400', 'end': '85.200', 'text': 'were potentially losing billions with'}, {'start': '82.640', 'end': '86.640', 'text': "Medicaid and we don't know how far"}, {'start': '85.200', 'end': '88.320', 'text': "they're going to continue cutting."}, {'start': '86.640', 'end': '90.560', 'text': 'President Donald Trump has promised'}, {'start': '88.320', 'end': '93.280', 'text': 'repeatedly that he does not plan to cut'}, {'start': '90.560', 'end': '96.320', 'text': 'Medicaid or Medicare benefits and we'}, {'start': '93.280', 'end': '99.439', 'text': 'will not cut Social Security, Medicare'}, {'start': '96.320', 'end': '102.799', 'text': 'or Medicaid benefits. And the Democrats'}, {'start': '99.439', 'end': '105.040', 'text': 'will because if they got in, the entire'}, {'start': '102.799', 'end': '107.360', 'text': 'economy would collapse. Republicans in'}, {'start': '105.040', 'end': '109.680', 'text': 'Washington have made promises that'}, {'start': '107.360', 'end': '110.799', 'text': "they're not going to cut Medicaid. Do"}, {'start': '109.680', 'end': '113.280', 'text': 'you think people should still be'}, {'start': '110.799', 'end': '115.439', 'text': 'worried? As the comproller, all I do is'}, {'start': '113.280', 'end': '117.759', 'text': "math. And there's no way that the math"}, {'start': '115.439', 'end': '120.240', 'text': "of their bill adds up where they're not"}, {'start': '117.759', 'end': '121.759', 'text': 'cutting real benefits for people. That'}, {'start': '120.240', 'end': '123.520', 'text': "bill he's talking about is the"}, {'start': '121.759', 'end': '125.360', 'text': 'resolution in Congress that directs the'}, {'start': '123.520', 'end': '127.520', 'text': 'House Energy and Commerce Committee,'}, {'start': '125.360', 'end': '130.720', 'text': 'which oversees Medicare and Medicaid, to'}, {'start': '127.520', 'end': '132.720', 'text': 'cut $880 billion dollar in spending over'}, {'start': '130.720', 'end': '134.959', 'text': '10 years. The Congressional Budget'}, {'start': '132.720', 'end': '137.200', 'text': 'Office says saving that amount of money'}, {'start': '134.959', 'end': '139.040', 'text': 'is not possible without cuts to'}, {'start': '137.200', 'end': '141.239', 'text': 'Medicaid. This is a program that has'}, {'start': '139.040', 'end': '143.920', 'text': 'been helping American people since'}, {'start': '141.239', 'end': '146.080', 'text': '1965. There is no real reason to be'}, {'start': '143.920', 'end': '147.599', 'text': 'cutting this program in the way that'}, {'start': '146.080', 'end': '150.000', 'text': "they're going to have to to meet their"}, {'start': '147.599', 'end': '152.160', 'text': 'financial goals. So, how do Republicans'}, {'start': '150.000', 'end': '153.840', 'text': 'say the math works? After the bill'}, {'start': '152.160', 'end': '155.920', 'text': 'passed in midappril, Speaker of the'}, {'start': '153.840', 'end': '158.640', 'text': 'House Mike Johnson says one way to cut'}, {'start': '155.920', 'end': '161.360', 'text': 'costs is to require Medicaid recipients'}, {'start': '158.640', 'end': '163.280', 'text': 'to work. No one has talked about cutting'}, {'start': '161.360', 'end': '165.040', 'text': "one benefit in Medicaid to anyone who's"}, {'start': '163.280', 'end': '166.800', 'text': "duly owed. What we've talked about is"}, {'start': '165.040', 'end': '168.879', 'text': 'returning work requirements. So, for'}, {'start': '166.800', 'end': '170.800', 'text': "example, you don't have able-bodied"}, {'start': '168.879', 'end': '173.120', 'text': "young men on a program that's designed"}, {'start': '170.800', 'end': '174.959', 'text': 'for single mothers and the elderly and'}, {'start': '173.120', 'end': '176.400', 'text': 'disabled. Another proposal being'}, {'start': '174.959', 'end': '178.319', 'text': 'considered is asking states that'}, {'start': '176.400', 'end': '180.560', 'text': 'expanded Medicaid under the Affordable'}, {'start': '178.319', 'end': '182.959', 'text': 'Care Act to share more of the costs.'}, {'start': '180.560', 'end': '185.360', 'text': 'Right now, states only pay 10% of the'}, {'start': '182.959', 'end': '186.959', 'text': 'Medicaid expansion. Scanlin explains'}, {'start': '185.360', 'end': '190.080', 'text': 'what that proposal could mean in'}, {'start': '186.959', 'end': '192.239', 'text': 'Connecticut. That is a $200 million cut'}, {'start': '190.080', 'end': '194.239', 'text': 'to our state if they get rid of that and'}, {'start': '192.239', 'end': '196.879', 'text': 'it would impact about 100,000 people in'}, {'start': '194.239', 'end': '199.040', 'text': "our state. That's just one example of"}, {'start': '196.879', 'end': '201.440', 'text': 'the different ways in which they may'}, {'start': '199.040', 'end': '203.680', 'text': "impact this. There isn't enough waste,"}, {'start': '201.440', 'end': '206.800', 'text': 'fraud, and abuse that they could find to'}, {'start': '203.680', 'end': '208.640', 'text': 'get to $880 billion. There are not'}, {'start': '206.800', 'end': '211.200', 'text': 'enough work requirements that they can'}, {'start': '208.640', 'end': '213.519', 'text': 'put on the people of Connecticut, 80% of'}, {'start': '211.200', 'end': '215.760', 'text': 'whom already have a job and are working,'}, {'start': '213.519', 'end': '217.599', 'text': 'by the way, on Medicaid in our state.'}, {'start': '215.760', 'end': '219.440', 'text': "Morales says she can't work right now"}, {'start': '217.599', 'end': '222.159', 'text': 'due to her cancer and other health'}, {'start': '219.440', 'end': '224.239', 'text': "conditions, and she's worried. What"}, {'start': '222.159', 'end': '226.400', 'text': 'would happen if you lost your Medicaid'}, {'start': '224.239', 'end': '229.040', 'text': 'coverage completely?'}, {'start': '226.400', 'end': '231.040', 'text': 'Um, I would be in trouble. I would be in'}, {'start': '229.040', 'end': '232.959', 'text': 'a lot of trouble. I still have some'}, {'start': '231.040', 'end': '236.400', 'text': 'living. You know, I want to be able to'}, {'start': '232.959', 'end': '237.920', 'text': 'enjoy life as much as others do. And we'}, {'start': '236.400', 'end': '239.840', 'text': 'deserve that chance without being'}, {'start': '237.920', 'end': '241.519', 'text': 'denied.'}, {'start': '239.840', 'end': '243.599', 'text': 'Ministerial Health Fellowship has been'}, {'start': '241.519', 'end': '245.280', 'text': 'helping Morales navigate the Medicaid'}, {'start': '243.599', 'end': '246.799', 'text': 'process. And we should learn more about'}, {'start': '245.280', 'end': '248.879', 'text': "what's happening with Medicaid at the"}, {'start': '246.799', 'end': '250.560', 'text': 'federal level next week when members of'}, {'start': '248.879', 'end': '252.720', 'text': 'the House Energy and Commerce Committee'}, {'start': '250.560', 'end': '254.319', 'text': 'meet to discuss this part of the budget'}, {'start': '252.720', 'end': '256.320', 'text': 'plan. Your consumer investigative'}, {'start': '254.319', 'end': '258.320', 'text': 'reporter, Cassidy Williams, Channel 3'}, {'start': '256.320', 'end': '261.040', 'text': 'Eyewitness News. Right, Cassidy, thank'}, {'start': '258.320', 'end': '261.040', 'text': "you. Right now we're going to"}]