Their livelihood, their welfare is on the line. The well being of seniors in nursing homes and the disabled who rely on Medicaid and those who care for them is on the line. The fate of rural hospitals in Georgia, in Alaska, in Louisiana, and little towns all over this nation that are right now barely hanging on is on the line. And the scraps that they are throwing them while cutting them will not save them. And my friends on the other side of the aisle know it. (01:04–01:21)
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Asserts that rural hospitals in various states are struggling to survive.
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