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On the recordMay 4, 2017
Understand this: the Republicans planned to exempt Members of Congress from the provisions of TrumpCare until they got caught. So here are five numbers that show just how deadly and dangerous the Republican bill is: Twenty-four million is the number of children, adults, and veterans whose health insurance will be ripped away. $880 billion is the size of the cut to Medicaid, threatening health care and long-term care for 74 million people: children, pregnant women, the elderly, and the disabled. $600 billion is the tax cut that goes to millionaires and billionaires and corporations. 758 percent is the premium increase a 64-year-old making $26,000 a year will pay because of the Republican age tax. Seventeen percent is the percent of Americans who supported TrumpCare before they made it worse. The Republicans' attempt to improve TrumpCare is like trying to douse a dumpster fire with gasoline. This bill is a disaster, and anyone who votes for it does so at their extreme peril. The American people are watching, and they will not forget.
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Janice Schakowsky
Democratic · Illinois

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