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Veronica Escobar: “You will see fewer health care jobs, clinics shut down…”

Featuring: Veronica Escobar, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 16

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March 4th

Published | Video Starts at 09:30

If you depend on a community clinic, if you depend on a hospital in a rural community, in a border community, or in an economically disadvantaged community, you will see fewer healthcare jobs. You will see fewer health care jobs, clinics shut down, hospitals impacted, and reduced health care access. to everyone. So everyone will pay the price for the decisions being made by Republicans on Capitol Hill and by the decisions coming from the White House. (09:30–09:41)

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Asserts that budget cuts will negatively impact healthcare infrastructure and employment.

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