Today, three additional health care providers announced reductions in force. And while they did not directly cite the big ugly law, we know that the, The crisis caused by [the big ugly law], in addition to the cuts in NIH funding, the cuts to the health and human services workforce, the withholding of federal funds that were already appropriated last fiscal year, our health care system really is in crisis. And this has all been part of a Republican attempt for years to first outright repeal the Affordable Care Act. And then when that did work, to try to do death by a thousand cuts. (00:35–00:57)
CLAIM
Asserts that the healthcare system is in crisis due to various funding cuts and withheld federal funds.
This is an excerpt from a raw transcript. The assertions have not been audited or verified. Tap the video to view the source footage and understand the context.
