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Hakeem Jeffries: “Largest cut to Medicaid in American history, has hospitals…”

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

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Leader Jeffries on MSNBC's Katy Tur Reports

Published | Video Starts at 01:47

And Marjorie Taylor Greene has acknowledged that this clearly is an issue that needs to be addressed with the fierce urgency of now, understand that what Republicans have done throughout the year, Largest cut to Medicaid in American history, has hospitals, nursing homes and community based health clinics are closing all throughout the country. because of what they did in their one big ugly bill. We're facing the largest cut to Medicare, $536 billion in American history if Congress doesn't act by the end of this year. (01:47–01:56)

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Asserts that the largest Medicaid cut in history is causing closures of healthcare facilities.

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