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Edward Markey: “Two thirds of people who are in nursing homes are on…”

Featuring: Edward Markey, Democratic | U.S. Senate Massachusetts

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Published | Video Starts at 07:49

And it is oh, so clear and obvious what he is trying to perpetrate, and he's going to try to spread it across the whole country. And just for Medicaid alone, Two thirds of people who are in nursing homes are on Medicaid, and half of them have Alzheimer's. So that's the community that starts to be profoundly impacted when Medicaid is cut. And they say, oh, don't worry, we don't intend that. Yes, they do. Yes, they do. (07:49–07:58)

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Asserts that two-thirds of nursing home residents are on Medicaid, and half have Alzheimer's.

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