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Chris Murphy: “Rural hospitals are going to close around the country.”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 21:30

And nursing homes who are already, as we all know, completely underfunded and in so many cases, an unacceptable situation for our seniors. So they've taken. That, made it worse. They're also closed. You know, Rural hospitals are going to close around the country. All of that, again, as you said, Bernie, at the beginning, to provide billionaires and very rich people with a huge tax cut. In fact, they Extended tax cuts for the billionaires and the very wealthy. (21:30–21:34)

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