The Bill Would Rip Health Care Away From 16 Million Americans to Fund Tax Breaks for Billionaires and Big Corporations
Washington, D.C. – Protect Our Care is launching new ads targeting six Republican Senators as the Senate begins debate on the GOP spending bill. The bill includes the largest cuts to health care in history, with coverage loss levels reaching as high as the 2017 ACA repeal efforts. 16 million Americans will lose life-saving coverage, all so Trump and the GOP can give tax breaks to billionaires and big corporations. Not only will hardworking families lose their coverage, but rural hospitals will shut down, seniors will be forced to leave their nursing homes, and people fighting cancer or addiction will lose access to lifesaving treatment. Read more about the GOP tax scam here.
“The future of American health care is now up to the Senate,” said Protect Our Care President Brad Woodhouse. “No one should lose access to life-saving care and coverage just so the ultra-rich can pay less in taxes. This bill, if passed, would be the most devastating attack on health care in our nation’s history, and anyone who votes for it will be held accountable. Senate Republicans must grow a spine and stand up for their constituents, not billionaires.”
These ads are part of Protect Our Care’s over 10-million-dollar “Hands Off Medicaid” campaign following an ad holding House Republicans’ feet to the fire after they voted to advance their tax bill. Read more about Protect Our Care’s latest ads here.
The ads will launch in the following states: Lisa Murkowski (AK), Dan Sullivan (AK), Susan Collins (ME), Thom Tillis (NC), Shelley Moore Capito (WV), and Jim Justice (WV).
Links to each of the 30-second ads can be found below:
Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (AK)
Susan Collins (ME)
Thom Tillis (NC)
Shelley Moore Capito and Jim Justice (WV)
Sample Ad Script for ME:
Narrator: With everyday costs as high as they are, no one can afford to lose their health care. Yet, right now, some in Congress are trying to pass the biggest cut to Medicaid in history.
Their plan means sixteen million Americans could lose health care. Seniors, veterans, and children with disabilities. All to give another tax break to billionaires and big corporations.
Our Senator, Susan Collins, can stop this from happening.
Call Senator Collins and tell her we’re counting on her to stop these cuts to our health care.