It was already a difficult situation, but by passing the big, beautiful betrayal of a bill, they basically are kicking 15 million people off of their health care, off of Medicaid. They are going to close down rural hospitals. Some of that [closure of rural hospitals] already has happened in part because of the $500 billion Medicare cut. that was triggered because of their decision to increase the debt so much with tax cuts to the wealthy. Those are things that have happened. (08:16–08:24)
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Asserts that rural hospital closures have begun due to a $500 billion Medicare cut.
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