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Hakeem Jeffries: “More than a trillion dollars or so has been cut from…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 06:51

And we know there's a lot of damage that Republicans have done that we've got to restore and repair. For instance, Republicans have enacted the largest cut to Medicaid in American history. More than a trillion dollars or so has been cut from Medicaid. And what you're going to have is about 14 million Americans lose access to health care. Do you personally support Medicare for All? Do you personally support Medicare for All? (06:51–06:56)

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Asserts that over a trillion dollars have been cut from Medicaid.

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