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On the recordMarch 23, 2017
The American people understood that this is not a health care bill, Anderson. This was a $300 billion tax break for the top 2 percent, massive tax breaks for the drug companies and for the insurance companies, and threw 24 million people off health insurance, defunded Planned Parenthood, significantly raised premiums for all the workers and cut Medicaid by $880 billion.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

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Sanders critiques the GOP health care bill, emphasizing its negative impact on the American people.

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