Donald Trump promised to love and cherish Medicaid and then Republicans turned around and enacted the largest cut to Medicaid in American history, a trillion dollar cut. Hospitals, nursing homes and community based health centers are closing all across the country now because of what Republicans did in their one big ugly bill. Republican policies have led to a situation where Medicare may confront a $536 billion cut by the end of this year if Congress doesn't act because of the Republican refusal to extend the Affordable Care act tax credits. (14:07–14:17)
CLAIM
Asserts that Republican policies are causing closures of healthcare facilities nationwide.
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