In this appropriations process that we're in right now, Republicans are trying to enact a $1.7 billion cut to the Centers for Disease Control. That will be the largest cut to the CDC in American history. And at the same time, They want to enact a historic cut to the National Institutes of Health. So this has been an all out assault on the health care of the American people and the system was already broken because of some of the dynamics that you've referenced. (02:40–02:44)
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