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Hakeem Jeffries: “Medicare is facing a $536 billion cut this year if Congress…”

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

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Jeffries blasts Stefanik: 'Sycophant' and 'handmaiden for Trump's policies'

Published | Video Starts at 03:05

… American history, hospitals and Nursing homes and community based health centers closing all across the country because of Republican policies connected to their one big ugly bill. We know that Medicare is facing a $536 billion cut this year if Congress doesn't act by the end of December. And if we don't extend the Affordable Care act tax credits, working class Americans, middle class Americans and everyday Americans all across this country are going to be able not … (03:05–03:13)

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

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