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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “A lot of Medicaid recipients are in red states.”

Featuring: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Democratic | U.S. House, New York, District 14

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Republicans' Shutdown Will Devastate Americans.| Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Published | Video Starts at 01:06

What are you thinking about with your hospitals and your people? Because a lot of people don't know, like, most ac, like a ton of ACA recipients are in red states. A lot of Medicaid recipients are in red states. These are like Trump voters that are almost disproportionately, in many circumstances being negatively affected. And so I said, like, walk me through how you see this. (01:06–01:10)

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Asserts that a significant number of Medicaid recipients reside in Republican-leaning states.

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