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Bernie Sanders: “The big beautiful bill threw 15 million people off of…”

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Bernie Sanders Drops The Hammer On ICE, Touts Bill To Redirect $75 Billion In Funding For Medicaid

Published January 30, 2026 | Video Starts at 04:35

… make their own decisions, finally stand up and say that in America, we do not need a domestic army terrorizing communities throughout this country. Mr. President, in the so called … The big beautiful bill threw 15 million people off of Medicaid. … dollars to the top 1% at a time when we have unprecedented income and wealth inequality, it did something perhaps even more dangerous in that bill. (04:35–04:44)

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Asserts that a legislative bill removed 15 million people from Medicaid.

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