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Bernie Sanders: “15 million low income and working class Americans are going…”

Featuring: Bernie Sanders, Independent | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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Published | Video Starts at 00:10

As a result of Trump's big, beautiful bill, which to mind, was one of the worst pieces of legislation passed in modern history. This is what is going to happen. 15 million low income and working class Americans are going to lose their health insurance. Studies indicate that when you take away health insurance with so many people, you know what happens? 50,000 people will die unnecessarily every single year. 50,000 of our fellow Americans. (00:10–00:16)

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Asserts that 15 million low-income and working-class Americans will lose health insurance due to legislation.

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