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Hakeem Jeffries: “Republicans have enacted the largest cut to Medicaid in…”

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

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Leader Jeffries on MSNBC's Politics Nation

Published | Video Starts at 07:27

But at the same time, we have to decisively address the Republican health care crisis because it is crushing everyday Americans, working class Americans and middle class Americans. And rev, this is in an environment where Republicans have enacted the largest cut to Medicaid in American history, ripping health insurance away from more than 14 million Americans. Hospitals, nursing homes and community based health centers are closing all throughout the country, including in rural America. They are possibly going to bring to the country the largest cut to Medicare, $536 billion by the end of the year. (07:27–07:35)

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Asserts that Republicans have made the largest cut to Medicaid, affecting over 14 million Americans.

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