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Hakeem Jeffries: “We also need to decisively resolve the Republican healthcare…”

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

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Leader Jeffries on NPR's Morning Edition with Michel Martin

Published | Video Starts at 00:44

Well, we've made clear that we want to reopen the government. We want to find a bipartisan path forward toward a spending agreement that actually makes life better for the American people. But We also need to decisively resolve the Republican healthcare crisis that is crushing people all across the country. particularly as it relates to the need to extend the Affordable Care act tax credits. Open enrollment starts on November 1st. That's less than two weeks from now. (00:44–00:51)

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Asserts that there is a Republican healthcare crisis affecting people nationwide.

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