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Chuck Schumer: “When Republicans chose to go it alone, they ended up…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 02:55

But when they work with us, that can't happen because we won't let the hard right get it, get away, get its way. So when Republicans chose to go it alone, they ripped health care away from 15 million Americans. When Republicans chose to go it alone, they ended up imposing Medicaid cuts, shuttering rural hospitals. and now they're preparing to allow health care premiums to skyrocket. This. These health care premiums are going through the roof, and people are going to start learning about it as early as September and certainly in October, and they're going to hate it. (02:55–03:03)

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Asserts that Republican actions resulted in Medicaid cuts and rural hospital closures.

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