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Adam Schiff: “The cuts to health care alone in this bill fund fully one…”

Featuring: Adam Schiff, Democratic | U.S. Senate, California

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Adam Schiff's Address on Medicaid Cuts and Rural Hospital Closures

Published | Video Starts at 01:11

Well, they're cutting Medicaid because they want to take the money out of the health care system and they want to put that into tax cuts for really wealthy people. In fact, The cuts to health care alone in this bill fund fully one third of the tax cuts for rich people in the bill. So they're going after health care now, not just any health care. They're going after health care. Medicaid, that is predominantly for a lot of elderly, a lot of kids, a lot of struggling families. (01:11–01:21)

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Asserts that healthcare cuts in the bill fund a significant portion of tax cuts for wealthy individuals.

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