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Massachusetts Leaders Rally Against Proposed Medicaid Cuts

Published May 28, 2025 | Video Starts at 09:53

I am grateful for that. And I look forward to the fact that when we partner up, that's how we make real change. So last week, The House of Representatives passed Donald Trump's big, beautiful bill. This would be the greatest transfer of wealth from just one piece of legislation, from the poorest Americans to the richest Americans ever before in US History. Think about that. (09:53–09:59)

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“This would be the greatest transfer of wealth from just one piece of legislation, from the poorest Americans to the richest Americans ever…”
Massachusetts Leaders Rally Against Proposed Medicaid Cuts | Uploaded May 28, 2025 | 09:59-10:16
“If it passes the Senate, this bill will rip health care away from 14 million people, over a quarter of a million right here in…”
Massachusetts Leaders Rally Against Proposed Medicaid Cuts | Uploaded May 28, 2025 | 10:54-11:07
“That's checkups and trips to the doctor for ear infections and money for asthma medications and for antibiotics for more than a third of all…”
Massachusetts Leaders Rally Against Proposed Medicaid Cuts | Uploaded May 28, 2025 | 11:51-12:02
“That's paying the monthly bills for almost two thirds of all nursing home residents right here in Massachusetts.”
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“Nearly half the funding for Massachusetts Community Health Centers, which saves money by preventing people from needing to go to the…”
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“When this bill passed the House, it passed by a single vote.”
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“This bill would cut Medicaid, gut the Affordable Care Act, and slash food assistance.”
Massachusetts Leaders Rally Against Proposed Medicaid Cuts | Uploaded May 28, 2025 | 10:47-10:55
“In our state, Medicaid is known as MassHealth, and it covers almost 2 million people.”
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“If this bill passes, every one of them will be at risk of losing their health coverage.”
Massachusetts Leaders Rally Against Proposed Medicaid Cuts | Uploaded May 28, 2025 | 11:33-11:41
“No one with a disability who needs a home health aide should have to give that up so that Jeff Bezos can buy a third yacht.”
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“Everyone in Massachusetts and around the country gets the health care that they deserve.”
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“It has passed the House in its current version, it's going to the Senate, and there's a lot of pushback in the Senate.”
Massachusetts Leaders Rally Against Proposed Medicaid Cuts | Uploaded May 28, 2025 | 40:05-40:15
“There are a lot of folks who understand, even on the Republican side that this is a real problem to make these kinds of cuts.”
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“This is about taking away health care from newborns so that Jeff Bezos can buy a third yacht.”
Massachusetts Leaders Rally Against Proposed Medicaid Cuts | Uploaded May 28, 2025 | 40:41-40:50
“In 2017, [Republicans] went after Medicare and Medicaid, the Affordable Care Act, and it passed the House.”
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“The hospitals and community health centers that currently provide services get full reimbursement from the Medicare and Medicaid programs.”
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“They lose that reimbursement, and that means that very slim margin that is the difference between operating in the black and operating in…”
Massachusetts Leaders Rally Against Proposed Medicaid Cuts | Uploaded May 28, 2025 | 46:34-46:46
“These hospitals, some of which are holding on right now by their fingernails, end up closing.”
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“When they close, they don't just close for Medicaid patients, they close for everybody.”
Massachusetts Leaders Rally Against Proposed Medicaid Cuts | Uploaded May 28, 2025 | 46:55-47:00
“Providing alternative ways to get access to health care is part of how people are able to start their own businesses.”
Massachusetts Leaders Rally Against Proposed Medicaid Cuts | Uploaded May 28, 2025 | 47:27-47:35
“Everybody who wants to start a little business, one of the first questions they have to ask is...how am I going to pay for my health care…”
Massachusetts Leaders Rally Against Proposed Medicaid Cuts | Uploaded May 28, 2025 | 47:48-48:04
“Many of them are working two and three jobs. But it's not enough where they are to give them full coverage health care.”
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“They've got to rely on programs like Medicaid in order to be able to stay in those jobs and to take care of themselves and their kids.”
Massachusetts Leaders Rally Against Proposed Medicaid Cuts | Uploaded May 28, 2025 | 48:28-48:40
“It costs more money for Dennis to have a tougher, more restricted life in a nursing home than it does for him to be in his own home.”
Massachusetts Leaders Rally Against Proposed Medicaid Cuts | Uploaded May 28, 2025 | 49:38-49:51
“We make it happen through these federal supports that we keep in place.”
Massachusetts Leaders Rally Against Proposed Medicaid Cuts | Uploaded May 28, 2025 | 49:52-49:59
“If Dennis home health aides are gone, then Dennis is off in a nursing home.”
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