… increased premiums, co pays and deductibles that may double, triple, triple or quadruple, meaning many will pay thousands of dollars more per year, which will make their health care unaffordable. Republicans have also set in motion a $536 billion cut to Medicare that will occur at the end of the year if Congress doesn't act because of toxic provisions in their one big ugly bill. Medical research has effectively been halted in the United States of America. And Republicans are proposing dramatic cuts to the Centers for Disease Control and the National Institute of Health. (18:13–18:31)
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Asserts that a $536 billion cut to Medicare is planned due to Republican legislation.
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