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Debbie Dingell: “15 to 16 million people have lost health care this year.”

Featuring: Debbie Dingell, Democratic | U.S. House, Michigan, District 6

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Published | Video Starts at 24:07

11 million Americans are becoming uninsured because of that bill. And then when we didn't expand the Affordable Care tax credit, another 5 million lost health care. So 15 to 16 million people have lost health care this year. We got to do something about it. At least four Michigan hospitals are at risk of closure and others have already been forced to reduce services because of these drastic cuts in federal spending. (24:07–24:12)

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Asserts that 15 to 16 million people have lost health care coverage in the current year.

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