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Chris Murphy: “Almost a trillion dollars in Medicaid cuts [are proposed in…”

Featuring: Chris Murphy, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Connecticut

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Senator Chris Murphy Criticizes Proposed Bill for Economic Inequality and Healthcare Cuts

Published | Video Starts at 03:09

… take one last shot at convincing our Republican colleagues to at the very least make changes so that lives are spared and let's just be honest, when you're talking about Almost a trillion dollars in Medicaid cuts [are proposed in the bill]. when you're talking about throwing upwards of 16 million people off of their health care, you are talking about life and death stakes. This isn't just about impacting the quality of someone's life. (03:09–03:13)

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