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Bernie Sanders: “All of those massive cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable…”

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

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They will have to, in some cases, close down and in other cases, just limit the number of people they can provide health care to. And by the way, I should mention, as many of you know, that all of that, All of those massive cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Care act were done for one reason, and that is to give a trillion dollars in tax breaks to the top 1%. Well, you may disagree with me, but I happen not to believe that elon Musk worth $500 billion or Jeff Bezos or Mark Zuckerberg or Larry Ellison or the other … (03:55–04:09)

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Asserts that Medicaid and Affordable Care Act cuts were made to fund a trillion dollars in tax breaks for the top 1%.

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