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Jasmine Crockett: “Because of the big ugly bill, we know $1 trillion was pulled…”

Featuring: Jasmine Crockett, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 30

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Published | Video Starts at 26:58

We've got to be as aggressive when it comes down to protecting the very people it is that we say that we have signed up to serve, right? So Because of the big ugly bill, we know $1 trillion was pulled out of Medicaid and Medicare. Pulling that money out, it made everybody else's premiums go up. Because the way that insurance works is that everybody got to pay in, right? (26:58–27:03)

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Asserts that $1 trillion was removed from Medicaid and Medicare due to a bill.

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