when Congressman Price proposes cutting $449 billion out of the Medicare system, I just want to ask, that's going to put more out-of-pocket costs on you. Does that sound fair to you?
Elizabeth Warren
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Elizabeth Ann Warren is an American attorney, academic, and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Massachusetts since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, she has been a prominent advocate for consumer protection, economic equality, and corporate regulation. Warren gained national recognition for her work in establishing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and has focused on issues such as student debt relief and healthcare reform during her tenure in the Senate.
He's already proposed $449 billion in cuts to Medicare and over $1 trillion in cuts to the Medicaid program.
In short, the hiring decisions that President-elect Trump is making tell us about the values of the incoming Trump Administration.
You might want to print out President-elect Trump's statement, 'I am not going to cut Medicare or Medicaid,' and post that above your desk.
Mrs. DeVos, have you ever taken out a student loan from the federal government to help pay for college?
Because you decide not to tell them, wink, wink, nod, nod, and we're supposed to believe that? Did you take additional actions after that date to advance your plan to help the company that you now own stock in?
Did you buy the stock and then introduce a bill that would be helpful to the companies you just bought stock in?
Your fiscal year 2017 budget proposal also would have cut Medicaid funding that goes to the State governments by more than $1 trillion.
More than 100 million Americans now receive their health care through Medicare and Medicaid programs.
I have serious concerns about your understanding of women's needs for basic health care like birth control.
Can you guarantee to this committee that you will safeguard President-elect Trump's promise and while you are HHS Secretary you will not use your administrative authority to carry out a single dollar of cuts to Medicare or Medicaid…





