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Bernie Sanders: “It means that millions of kids will be thrown off of the…”

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

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“Fight Oligarchy” Bernie Sanders Calls Out Trump, Musk, & Billionaires in Politics During WI Rally

Published | Video Starts at 11:27

They're looting the country. Now how do they do that? What's their plan? Well, their plan is to cut Medicaid by $880 billion. Now what does that mean? It means that millions of kids will be thrown off of the health care that they have. It means, as Mark Buchan mentioned a moment ago, that when nursing homes get two thirds of their funding from Medicaid, that if you have a mom or a dad … (11:27–11:34)

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Asserts that cutting Medicaid by $880 billion will result in millions of children losing healthcare.

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