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Hakeem Jeffries: “The hospital in the rural part of West Virginia that she…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 16:42

She's able to provide that care to her older brother because of Medicaid, which is now being threatened as a result of the Republican one big ugly bill. The hospital in the rural part of West Virginia that she [Mariah Plant] utilizes in cases of emergency is at risk of closing. And she gets her health care from the Affordable Care act tax credits, which makes it affordable for her given all of the things that she has to deal with. (16:42–16:54)

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Asserts that a hospital in rural West Virginia is at risk of closing.

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