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Amy Klobuchar: “The $500 billion Medicare cut was triggered because of their…”

Featuring: Amy Klobuchar, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Minnesota

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They are going to close down rural hospitals. Some of that already has happened in part because of The $500 billion Medicare cut was triggered because of their [Republicans'] decision to increase the debt so much with tax cuts to the wealthy. Those are things that have happened. But the final thing is that when it comes to the Affordable Care act, where you have 20 million people that are on these … (08:16–08:32)

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Asserts that a $500 billion Medicare cut was triggered by Republican tax cuts for the wealthy.

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