Washington, D.C. – Today, Republicans on the Senate Committee on Finance released the full text of their version of Trump’s tax scam. Senate Republicans have upped the ante and made the largest cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act in history even larger, all so Trump and the GOP can give even more tax breaks to billionaires and big corporations. As a result, 16 million Americans will lose life-saving coverage, including seniors, children, veterans, people with disabilities, workers who don’t get insurance through their jobs, and people who take care of their children or elderly parents. This level of estimated coverage loss hasn’t been seen since the 2017 ACA repeal effort.
In response, Protect Our Care Chair Leslie Dach issued a statement:
“This bill was already a five-alarm fire for American health care and Senate Republicans have just poured gasoline on it. Contrary to what they’ve repeatedly promised, Republicans are torching Medicaid, ripping apart the Affordable Care Act, and leaving 16 million people without the critical care they need, all so Trump and the GOP can funnel more money to their billionaire and corporate friends. Seniors will be thrown out of nursing homes, people fighting cancer will be cut off from treatment, and rural hospitals will shutter. Senate Republicans have made this cruel, heartless bill even worse as they continue on their endless pursuit to destroy our health care system. Every single Republican Senator who backs this big, ugly bill will own the devastation it causes and be held accountable for choosing billionaires and big corporations over everyday Americans.”