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Bernie Sanders: “What the CBO reported was that an additional 14 million people would be uninsured in 2018.”

On the recordJanuary 31, 2017
What the CBO reported was that an additional 14 million people would be uninsured in 2018.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Sanders cites CBO findings on the negative impact of the Trump-Ryan health care bill.

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