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Bernie Sanders: “Trump did in his big beautiful bill is to throw 15 million…”

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 01:13

We spend twice as much per person as the people of any other country, 85 million uninsured. We don't have enough doctors, nurses, dentists, et cetera, et cetera. It's a broken system. What Trump did in his big beautiful bill is to throw 15 million low income and 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. (01:13–01:27)

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Asserts that Trump's bill removed 15 million low-income and working-class people from healthcare through cuts to Medicaid and the ACA.

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