Political Quotes

“more than 16 million people are going to lose their healthcare, and tens of millions of Americans are going to pay more for healthcare every month. Hundreds of rural hospitals are going to be forced to close, and we are going to plunge the country into trillions of dollars of new debt. Now, what is this all for? Is it to improve our schools and roads? Is it to make housing and childcare more affordable? Is it because we are in the middle of a crisis that just has to be paid for or we are going to pay down the national debt? No. It is none of those things. It is because they want to cut taxes for the richest people to ever exist. And if that means you can't see your doctor or you have to pay hundreds of dollars more every month to pay for your healthcare, tough luck. Now, here is the thing: Republicans actually know what they are walking into because people in their own States are telling them what is about to happen. ``We can't sustain serving our community the way we are with these cuts,'' one hospital leader in Kansas said. A health executive in Texas wrote: Cutting billions of dollars from [Medicaid] would have widespread and devastating consequences for Texans. Beyond the obvious impacts to people enrolled in the program, the collateral damage of program cuts will be felt across the board. Hospitals will do everything they can to weather the storm, but some may not survive.…”