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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “It cut Medicaid by almost a trillion dollars, the biggest…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 08:02

A fake bill of goods sold to the American people as a plan to strengthen the economy. But it was a scam, just like his stakes in his schools. It cut Medicaid by almost a trillion dollars, the biggest cut to American health care in our history. It will cause closures of rural hospitals and emergency rooms across the country. It will endanger the lives of millions of Americans. And for what? (08:02–08:10)

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Asserts that a bill cut Medicaid by almost a trillion dollars, marking the largest cut to American health care.

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