Sherrod Brown: “In my State and the Senator's State, since his State is slightly larger than mine--over 1 million seniors in each State…”

“In my State and the Senator's State, since his State is slightly larger than mine--over 1 million seniors in each State and hundreds of thousands in the Presiding Officer's State of Wisconsin-- millions of seniors have received some kind of preventive care, such as screenings for diabetes, screenings for osteoporosis, and not paid a copay or deductible. They have received their physicals and not had their deductibles, copayer deductibles, waived as a result of the Affordable Care Act. The Cruz amendment would, while still protecting health insurance for Senator Cruz and others, wipe away those benefits for seniors.”