Hakeem Jeffries: “Republicans are refusing to extend the Affordable Care act…”

“Republicans have launched an all out assault on the Senate for disease control, the National Institute of Health, of the Food and Drug Administration on vaccine availability for children. And now Republicans are refusing to extend the Affordable Care act tax credits. which means that tens of millions of Americans, working class Americans, are about to experience dramatically increased health insurance premiums. We are working hard to decisively confront this Republican health care crisis and fix our broken health care system.” (00:57–01:02)

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