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

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

Leader Jeffries on NPR's Morning Edition with Michel Martin

Published October 24, 2025 | Video Starts at 04:50

14 million people are at risk of losing their health insurance coverage throughout the country, including in rural America. Hospitals, nursing homes and community based health clinics are about to close across the country. And we're already seeing that happen in some states. And all of this was done so that Republicans could provide massive tax breaks that they made permanent for their billionaire donors. (04:50–04:57)

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Asserts that healthcare facilities are at risk of closing nationwide.

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