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Hakeem Jeffries: “We're faced with the possibility of a $536 billion cut to…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 03:36

Hospitals and nursing homes and community based health centers are closing all across the country, including in rural America because of Republican policies. We, We're faced with the possibility of a $536 billion cut to Medicare at the end of this year if Congress doesn't act connected to what they did in the one big ugly bill. And now they're refusing to extend the Affordable Care act tax credits for even a year when they just enacted massive permanent tax breaks for their billionaire donors. (03:36–03:48)

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Asserts a potential $536 billion cut to Medicare if Congress does not act.

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