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Bernie Sanders: “It would also mean if I voted yes to open the government…”

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

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Trump is Right. Republicans Are In Trouble | Sen. Bernie Sanders

Published | Video Starts at 03:29

There are studies out there that show that some 50,000 of our fellow Americans lower income and working Class people will die unnecessarily every year because of that reality. 15 million people being thrown off their health care. It would also mean if I voted yes to open the government tomorrow, that nursing homes, rural hospitals, community health centers will be devastated because of cuts in government funding. 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. (03:29–03:42)

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Asserts that voting to open the government would devastate nursing homes, rural hospitals, and community health centers.

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