On the recordJuly 13, 2017
The Senate is introducing yet another version of TrumpCare today. I rise to express my grave concern with the most harmful aspects of this mean and merciless bill. TrumpCare still includes billions of dollars in cuts to Medicaid, a critical source of healthcare for 1.75 million of America's veterans, two-thirds of U.S. nursing home residents, and one in five Americans. The latest Senate TrumpCare bill cuts Medicaid by as much as a third. Every version of TrumpCare we have seen would result in more than 20 million fewer Americans covered over the next 10 years. There is still no sign of a TrumpCare bill that would not break President's Trump's healthcare promises to the American people. The President promised ``insurance for everybody.'' He said: ``Everybody's going to be taken care of.'' Every version of TrumpCare would break that promise, big league. The President promised that Medicaid would not be cut under his healthcare plan. No version of TrumpCare has been proposed that even comes close to keeping that promise. President Trump promised the American people a healthcare plan that would ``lower premiums'' with ``much lower deductibles.'' It is time for Americans to get a real plan and not be left with broken promises. ____________________
