Amy Klobuchar: “Once you hit a certain amount of money in debt, it actually…”

“But this bill adds so much money, like $3 trillion to the debt. And because of that, it has triggered Medicare cuts. Once you hit a certain amount of money in debt, it actually triggers Medicare cuts. which is going to hurt rural hospitals, not to mention the Medicaid cuts that are in there. So what I would do, I would reduce the tax cuts on the wealthiest to make it so that they're paying their fair share.” (01:55–02:00)

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