I went up to Montefiore Hospital, which covers all the Bronx. It's the only cancer center in the whole Bronx, 80%. I grew up a block from Montefiore Hospital. Well, 80% of the people there [at Montefiore Hospital] are Medicare and Medicaid. And they do. They're the only cancer treatment. If they cut Medicare by 20, Medicaid by 20%, children would die. Children would die. Okay, and that's what would happen with a shutdown. (08:05–08:09)
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Asserts that 80% of patients at Montefiore Hospital rely on Medicare and Medicaid.
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