Ron Wyden: “Mr. President and colleagues, here is how flawed this plan is. The danger Senate Republicans are causing for rural…”

“Mr. President and colleagues, here is how flawed this plan is. The danger Senate Republicans are causing for rural hospitals is so great, Republicans have had to create a rural hospital relief fund so they can look like they are fixing the problem they are causing. It is a bandaid on an amputation. It provides just a tiny fraction of the nearly $1 trillion in cuts the bill makes to Medicaid. It would be much more logical to simply not cut $1 trillion from Medicaid in the first place. This amendment doubles down on that flawed plan that is going to set rural hospitals adrift. I urge opposition to the amendment. I yield the floor.”