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Andy Beshear: “This is over a trillion dollar cut to the healthcare…”

Featuring: Andy Beshear, Democratic | Governor of Kentucky

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Gov Andy Beshear (D-KY) on Trump Bill: “A Punch in the Face of Rural America” | Amanpour and Company

Published | Video Starts at 04:05

The Kentucky Hospital association is a pretty conservative group, but they have been out with these projections saying please do not do this to one of the fastest growing sectors of the economy. And they've been very clear about the numbers. This is over a trillion dollar cut to the healthcare industry. That's a trillion dollars of revenue that supports these rural hospitals. And there is a $50 billion fund to help rural hospitals. The reason it won't work is math. (04:05–04:10)

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Asserts that the bill includes over a trillion dollars in cuts to the healthcare industry.

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