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Sebelius: GOP health bill reduces coverage, increases costs

Kathleen Sebelius: You can’t cut Medicaid without hurting America’s most vulnerable

06/22/2017

PBS News Hour

Sebelius: GOP health bill reduces coverage, increases costs

Clip: 6/22/2017 | 8m 41s

Kathleen Sebelius: You can’t cut Medicaid without hurting America’s most vulnerable

Former President Barack Obama responded Thursday to the Republicans’ planned overhaul of the Affordable Care Act, saying “If there’s a chance you might get sick, get old, or start a family, this bill will do you harm.” Judy Woodruff gets reaction to the GOP replacement proposal from Kathleen Sebelius, former secretary of Health and Human Services and a key figure in the creation of the ACA.

06/22/2017

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Clip: 6/22/2017 | 2m 52s | President Trump clarified via Twitter he did not record conversations with James Comey. (2m 52s)

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Clip: 6/22/2017 | 3m 55s | Senate Republicans unveiled details of their health care bill Thursday. (3m 55s)

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Clip: 6/22/2017 | 9m 31s | Many Venezuelans are starving to death, and their government often can’t, or won't, help. (9m 31s)

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Clip: 6/22/2017 | 5m 58s | The details and the political prospects of getting the Republican health care bill passed. (5m 58s)

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