Washington, D.C. – The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office just released a report at the request of Congressional Democrats detailing how Republicans’ Medicaid cuts and other reconciliation proposals will rip care away from millions of Americans to fund tax breaks for billionaires and big corporations.
In response, Protect Our Care Chair Leslie Dach issued the following statement:
“The latest CBO report has confirmed what we already know to be true: Republican cuts to health care will devastate American families. In their outrageous crusade to hand out more tax breaks to the wealthy, Republicans are betraying the millions of families who count on Medicaid. Their scheme will kick seniors out of nursing homes, rip away care from veterans, shutter rural hospitals, and raise costs for hardworking families. It’s disgraceful that anyone will be denied necessary and often lifesaving care to give another tax break to Donald Trump and his wealthy friends. They can run from the reality of these numbers and the devastating impact on millions of Americans, but we will not let them hide.”
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