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Let us never forget this fundamental truth. The state has no source of money other than the money people earn themselves. There is no such thing as public money. There is only taxpayers' money. | Ernst Roets

Sen. Joni Ernst held a sometimes raucous town hall in the eastern Iowa town of Parkersburg Friday. During the event, she was challenged on proposed cuts to Medicaid that now sit with the Senate. The Congressional Budget Offices estimates the One Big Beautiful Bill Act would cut $700 billion from Medicaid over the next 10 years and cause some 10.3 million Americans to lose their Medicaid coverage. Ernst said the bill is meant in part to make sure Medicaid benefits aren’t going to those in the U.S