I will always be engaged in the crucial fight to safeguard essential programs such as Medicare and other social safety nets from potential cuts and reductions.
Continue fighting to safeguard Medicare and other social safety net programs from cuts and reductions.
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"I will always be engaged in the crucial fight to safeguard essential programs such as Medicare and other social safety nets from potential cuts and reductions."
Green said there was "no mandate to cut Medicaid" and that "no empirical evidence has been presented to justify cutting more than $1 trillion from Medicaid, Medicare, and the Affordable Care Act."
The office said Green delivered remarks on the House floor, "reaffirming that he continues to stand firmly in protecting Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security."
The office said Green would address a Republican budget proposal that "threatened to impose a staggering minimum of $880 billion in cuts to essential healthcare services" and that he and advocates expressed "strong support" for Medicaid Matters Day of Action.
Assessments
The promise was framed as an ongoing commitment to keep fighting to protect Medicare and other social safety-net programs from cuts. The evidence shows Green continued that advocacy during the same term through public statements, House floor remarks, opposition to legislation he characterized as cutting Medicaid, Medicare, and ACA funding, and events opposing Medicaid cuts. Because the promised action was continued advocacy rather than enactment of a specific law or budget outcome, the available record supports fulfillment.