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Edward Markey: “When you cut Medicaid that much and Medicare that much…”

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

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Justice for Health Care Workers: Senator Markey Meets with 1199 SEIU

Published | Video Starts at 08:13

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. That's their plan. When you cut Medicaid that much and Medicare that much, you're going to have hospitals collapse in Massachusetts and across the country. because that's the funding that the patient brings to the emergency room or brings in the front door of the hospital. It's the Medicare and Medicaid funding. (08:13–08:22)

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Asserts that significant cuts to Medicaid and Medicare will cause hospital collapses nationwide.

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