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Hakeem Jeffries: “Medicare is confronting a possible $536 billion cut this…”

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

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… million Americans, hospitals, nursing homes and community based health centers are closing all across the country because of Republican policies and what they did in their one big ugly bill. Medicare is confronting a possible $536 billion cut this year if Congress doesn't act by the end of December because of the one big ugly bill. And then on top of all of that, as we find ourselves now in open enrollment, tens of millions of Americans are experiencing dramatically increased premiums, copays and deductibles because … (06:02–06:18)

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Asserts that Medicare faces a $536 billion cut if Congress does not act.

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