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Bernie Sanders: “Studies from Yale and the University of Pennsylvania…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 06:03

But that is not all. Trump's big beautiful bill. Who throw 15 million Americans off of the Medicaid and the ACA. They have 15 million Americans. Studies from Yale and the University of Pennsylvania indicate that when you throw 15 million working class and lower income people off of their health care, some 50,000 people every year will die unnecessarily. I know that's hard to view or hard to even believe, but what this whole shutdown is about and our fighting for healthcare is to make sure that 50,000 people a year do not die unnecessarily. (06:03–06:20)

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Asserts that studies show 50,000 people will die annually if 15 million lose healthcare.

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