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Hakeem Jeffries: “Hospitals and nursing homes and community based health…”

Featuring: Hakeem Jeffries, Democratic | U.S. House New York, 8th Congressional District

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Leader Jeffries on MS NOW's The Briefing with Jen Psaki

Published | Video Starts at 04:51

We're in the middle of a devastating Republican health care crisis that is threatening the safety and the well being of tens of millions of Americans in a year where they've already enacted the largest cut to Medicaid in American history. Hospitals and nursing homes and community based health centers are closing all throughout America. We know that because of the Republican refusal to extend the Affordable Care act tax credits, people all across the country in the middle of this holiday season are about to experience the dramatically increased health care premiums. (04:51–04:57)

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