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Chris Murphy: “One research estimate is that 42,000 lives could be lost…”

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 03:27

This isn't just about impacting the quality of someone's life. This is about ending people's lives. One research estimate is that 42,000 lives could be lost each year because of the disenrollments in Medicare and the marketplace coverage. Just to give you a sense as we turn to our witnesses of the scope of this, because I know the numbers we throw around are kind of hard to understand. (03:27–03:41)

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Asserts that disenrollments could lead to 42,000 deaths annually.

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