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Bernie Sanders: “There have been studies out there that when you combine…”

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

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Discussing the Consequences of the Republican Shutdown with Bernie. | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Published | Video Starts at 01:34

Well, I'll tell you that it's not only be in danger, let's be clear. And that doesn't make me happy to have to say this, but There have been studies out there that when you combine doubling premiums for the ACA and then throwing 15 million people off of Medicaid and the ACA, the result is, according to studies at Yale and University of Pennsylvania, 50,000 low income working class Americans will die every single year. All right? If you don't have the money to go to a doctor and you're sick, you die. And that's what we're looking at. That's what this clean bill is about. (01:34–01:59)

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Asserts that studies predict 50,000 low-income Americans will die annually due to ACA premium increases and Medicaid cuts.

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