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Hakeem Jeffries: “Tens of millions of Americans right now, as we are in open…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 10:29

… without pay, where Donald Trump has unlawfully withheld SNAP benefits to children and seniors and families and women and veterans who are at risk of going hungry, the fact that Tens of millions of Americans right now, as we are in open enrollment, are realizing that their premiums, copays and deductibles are about to skyrocket in ways that will make health care unaffordable. And Donald Trump's clear acknowledgment that the American people are holding Republicans accountable for shutting down the government. (10:29–10:42)

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Asserts that health care costs are increasing significantly during open enrollment.

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