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Bernie Sanders: In other words, when you throw 13.7 million Americans off the health care they have … when you increase the cost of…

On the recordJune 3, 2025
In other words, when you throw 13.7 million Americans off the health care they have … when you increase the cost of prescription drugs for low-income seniors, and when you make nursing homes throughout America less safe, not only will some of the most vulnerable people throughout our country suffer, but tens of thousands will die.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Sanders warns of the dire consequences of proposed Medicaid cuts.

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