Republicans have shut down the government because they want to keep destroying our health care. Republicans don’t care that people are already struggling to get by and forced to choose between paying for life-saving medications and putting food on the table. Instead, the GOP is gutting tax credits for millions of hardworking families, ripping away critical funding from rural hospitals, and throwing the entire health care system into chaos just to pay for tax breaks for billionaires. Their policies will worsen care and drive up costs for everyone.
Here is just one story of the everyday Americans caught in the crosshairs of the GOP health care crisis:
Dr. Gerry Bradley and Dr. Jason Smith, leaders at the University of Louisville Health, are sounding the alarm about the catastrophic consequences of the GOP Medicaid cuts for Kentuckians.
“The Medicaid funding in this legislation falls far below the actual cost of providing care. Hospitals, clinics, and physician practices — particularly those in rural and underserved urban areas — will be forced to close or cut back services just to survive,” they wrote in Louisville Business First.
Read more about Dr. Bradley and Dr. Smith in Louisville Business First.
Democrats have made clear that they are ready to vote for bipartisan budgets that stop this pain, but won’t be complicit in hurting the American people. Every single day that Republicans refuse to negotiate a path forward, Protect Our Care will shine a light on the real lives being harmed by this reckless crusade led by Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress. Read Protect Our Care’s report on Republicans’ assault on health care here.