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Hakeem Jeffries: “Medicare is facing a possible cut of $536 billion at the end…”

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

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Leader Jeffries on CNBC's Squawk Box

Published | Video Starts at 02:09

Hospitals and nursing homes and community based health clinics are closing right now all throughout the country, including in rural America, because of what Republicans did in their one big ugly bill. Medicare is facing a possible cut of $536 billion at the end of this year if Congress doesn't act. connected to that toxic piece of legislation that Republicans enacted which hurts everyday Americans in order to reward their billionaire donors with massive tax breaks. (02:09–02:18)

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Asserts that Medicare could be cut by $536 billion without congressional action.

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