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On the recordMarch 12, 2017
That's the political problem is that the people who are going to suffer about this, who lose their subsidies and who will lose their health care tend to be older and rural like the Trump base.
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Paul Begala
Democratic · Texas

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Begala discusses the impact of the health care plan on older and rural voters who supported Trump.

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