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Bernie Sanders: “Studies show that when you throw 15 million low income and…”

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

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Sen. Bernie Sanders talks ongoing government shutdown, message to "No Kings" protesters

Published | Video Starts at 01:29

… working class people off the health care they currently have by massive cuts in Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act. You know what studies show, guys, let's talk about this. Studies show that when you throw 15 million low income and working class people off health care, 50,000 people a year, a year will die unnecessarily. They don't have the money to go to a doctor. They have a chronic illness. They will die. (01:29–01:40)

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Asserts that removing 15 million people from healthcare will result in 50,000 unnecessary deaths annually.

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