Political Quotes

“today is kind of an exceptional day. It is the 60th anniversary of the Medicare and Medicaid Act, which created two of the most successful programs for families really that the world has ever seen. It should be a moment for celebration. Unfortunately, a bad turn has been taken, and there are now attacks on Medicaid and Medicare happening right in this building. The "Beautiful for Billionaires Bill" that the Republicans forced through on a purely partisan basis cuts Medicaid explicitly--$1 trillion cut to Medicaid. So folks who are on Medicaid are going to see a real danger in their lives as a result of those cuts. You may say: Well, I am not on Medicaid. I have private insurance. I have Medicare. I am going to be fine. Not so. When the cuts are that big, they knock essential revenue away from hospitals, away from your family doctor, away from health centers, away from nursing homes. And I don't know about all the other States, but in Rhode Island, all those institutions are struggling. These are not easy times for people who are providing healthcare in our healthcare system. When you knock $1 trillion out of their pockets-- because that is where this goes. Medicaid money doesn't go to individuals, into their pockets, it goes to their providers. If you take away that revenue from the providers, you put them at risk.…”