Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress have pushed through their budget bill, making the largest cuts to health care in American history. It not only guts Medicaid and rips health care from more than 15 million Americans, it drives up premiums on millions of middle-class families, makes care and coverage more expensive and harder to access, and forces hospitals and nursing homes around the country to cut services and even shut down. Because of this bill, emergency rooms will become packed with uninsured patients who are unable to cover the cost of their care, leading to higher bills and increased premiums for everyone else, including people who get insurance through their employers. Donald Trump and Republicans didn’t just break their promises to lower costs and protect middle-class families – they did the opposite, raising costs and ripping care from everyday people so they could give tax breaks to the ultrarich.
EVERYONE WILL PAY THE PRICE
- 📈 Premiums will skyrocket by an average of 18 percent for over 24 million Americans, including rural Americans, small business owners, and middle-class families.
- 🧾 Over 20 million low-income people will now face new bills each time they see a doctor for diabetes, arthritis, or other illnesses.
- 💸 Over 5 million people will be forced into taking an average of $22,280 out in medical debt.
- 🏥 330 hospitals, 570 nursing homes, and hundreds of clinics are now at risk of closing across the country, forcing more Americans to travel further for maternity care and emergency rooms, and face longer wait times and higher costs.
- 🚨 Emergency rooms will become packed with patients who are unable to cover the cost of their care without insurance, leading to higher bills and increased premiums for everyone.
- 🏚️ Health care costs will spike for everyone as rural hospitals close and drive up costs at nearby facilities.
- 🩺 Over 15 million Americans will lose health care coverage, including seniors, children, veterans, and people with disabilities.
- 🛑 Seniors and working families will face red tape and find it much harder to enroll in Medicare and Medicaid.
- 💰 Low-income seniors will be forced to pay thousands more each year for health care by raising their premiums and out-of-pocket costs.
- 💊 Seniors and taxpayers will pay more for prescription drugs because the GOP gave Big Pharma a $5 billion giveaway by allowing big drug companies to avoid Medicare drug price negotiations on a wider class of drugs.