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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “The horrific Medicaid cuts that Republicans have passed in…”

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

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Al Gore, AOC Campaign for Tennessee Democrat Aftyn Behn (TN-7)

Published | Video Starts at 17:18

I take up space in this democracy, and I will make a decision about who and where we should go as a country. And that decision, Tennessee 7, is for Afton, because after the. The horrific Medicaid cuts that Republicans have passed in the last year, there are going to be thousands of Tennesseans who are going to be cut off from their health care next year, starting in January. Many are already choosing to be to. Many people are already kicked off of their insurance because they've seen how expensive it's going to be. We cannot sit, take that sitting down. (17:18–17:35)

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Asserts that recent Medicaid cuts by Republicans will result in thousands of Tennesseans losing healthcare starting next January.

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