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Hakeem Jeffries: “Republicans have set in motion a $536 billion cut to…”

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

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Leader Jeffries on CNN's Laura Coates Live

Published | Video Starts at 01:52

The Affordable Care act tax credits are about to expire and that's going to trigger dramatic increases in premiums, co pays and deductibles for tens of millions of working class Americans and middle class Americans. We also know that Republicans have set in motion a $536 billion cut to Medicare because of their one big ugly bill if Congress doesn't act by the end of the year. And on top of all that, they've basically frozen medical research in the United States of America. So this has been an unrelenting assault on the health care of the American people. (01:52–02:03)

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Asserts that a Republican bill will cut $536 billion from Medicare unless Congress intervenes.

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