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Chuck Schumer: “CBO is about to announce that it could go from 13.7 million…”

Featuring: Chuck Schumer, Democratic | U.S. Senate New York

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Chuck Schumer and Senators Discuss Health Care Cuts and Medicaid Reforms

Published | Video Starts at 08:03

Well, we've all been hearing about how devastating the cuts to Medicaid and health care have been. Well, it's getting even worse. The more you look at the bill, at the House bill, the worse it gets. CBO is about to announce that it could go from 13.7 million people who would lose their coverage up to as many as 16 million. And new calculations will show that even Medicare is under the knife. So this is health care across the board. It is of course Medicaid, as important as that is. (08:03–08:14)

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Asserts that the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) will report an increase in people losing health coverage.

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