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Bernie Sanders: “If the Republicans prevail, 15 million people will lose…”

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

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Republicans are letting children go hungry

Published | Video Starts at 00:04

Just the word to remind everybody what this shutdown is about. If the Republicans prevail, 15 million people will lose their health insurance through massive cuts in Medicaid. According to a variety of studies, 50,000 of our fellow Americans will die unnecessarily each year, every year, because they've been thrown off of health care. 50,000Americans every year dying unnecessarily. (00:04–00:14)

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Asserts that 15 million people will lose health insurance due to Medicaid cuts if Republicans succeed.

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