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On the recordMarch 22, 2017
Republicans are planning to vote tomorrow to pass TrumpCare. This bill is a great deal for the superrich, it is a great deal for insurance companies, and it is a great deal for drug companies. But it is a bad deal for working men and women across our country. TrumpCare will raise premiums, increase deductibles and out-of-pocket expenses. TrumpCare ends coverage for 24 million people. TrumpCare destroys 2 million jobs. TrumpCare imposes an age tax on older Americans. And TrumpCare cuts Medicaid by $880 billion to give corporations and the wealthiest Americans a $600 billion tax cut--the single largest transfer of wealth from working people to the rich in history. This is wrong. The American people do not want this bill. They don't want to pay more for less. Donald Trump promised that he would be a great champion for the middle class. It only took him 2 months in office to break that promise and sell out to the wealthy and the special interests. Shame on him and shame on anyone who votes to take away health coverage from working men and women to fund a big tax cut for folks who don't need it. The working people of this country deserve better. ____________________
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David Cicilline
Democratic · Rhode Island
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Mar 22, 2017

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