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Greg Casar: “Over a million people lost their health care because…”

Featuring: Greg Casar, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 35

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Congressman Greg Casar Discusses Elon Musk's Influence and Democratic Strategies on MSNBC

Published | Video Starts at 05:56

We can't fall into the Republican trap on this. These aren't work requirements. These are paperwork requirements. Here where I'm sitting in Texas, tons of people, Over a million people lost their health care because Republicans started sending people endless paperwork to fill out in order to get their health care benefits. On the food assistance programs, where they try to cushion it up by saying these are work requirements or they're changing the way that dependents are counted. (05:56–06:05)

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Asserts that over a million people in Texas lost healthcare due to excessive paperwork requirements.

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