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Josh Shapiro: “510,000 Pennsylvanians are on their way to losing access to…”

Featuring: Josh Shapiro, Democratic | Governor of Pennsylvania

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'UNHINGED': PA Gov. Josh Shapiro slams Trump's speech

Published | Video Starts at 09:35

And you can draw a direct line between rising costs and Donald Trump's policies. Let me give you just three examples. There's. There's probably hundreds I can give you. Let's start with health care. You mentioned that 510,000 Pennsylvanians are on their way to losing access to health care because Donald Trump and his enablers believe that giving a tax cut to people at the very top and paying for it on the backs of hardworking Pennsylvanians, health care was the answer. They were wrong about that. But now 510,000 Pennsylvanians are losing access through the Affordable Care act and through Medicaid. I would add that on top of that, 140,000 are losing food assistance. (09:35–09:52)

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Asserts that 510,000 Pennsylvanians are losing health care access due to Trump's tax policies.

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