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Hakeem Jeffries: “Hospitals, nursing homes, community based health centers are…”

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

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Leader Jeffries on MSNBC's Morning Joe

Published | Video Starts at 01:57

But we've been very clear that we need to decisively address the Republican health care crisis. Think about this. They've enacted the largest cut to Medicaid in American history. Hospitals, nursing homes, community based health centers are closing because of Republican policies all across the country. They refuse to extend the Affordable Care act subsidies, but they also can find $20 billion to support this right wing so called leader in Argentina as part of an effort to bail out a foreign government. (01:57–02:04)

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Asserts that Republican policies are causing closures of healthcare facilities nationwide.

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