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On the recordOctober 22, 2019
Madam President, I come to the floor to discuss last Tuesday's 2020 Democratic Presidential debate and specifically to discuss the topic of healthcare. Despite all of the political posturing, here are the key takeaways: No. 1, the Democrats still want to take work-earned health insurance away from 180 million Americans. No. 2, the Democrats want to raise taxes on the middle class and on all Americans to pay for it. Under the Democrats' plan, people will lose forever the health coverage they have earned at work. That means union workers' hard- fought health benefits will disappear. It means that Nevada's food service workers and Michigan's autoworkers will all lose their earned healthcare. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders want to replace work-based insurance with a one-size-fits-all, government-run scheme. At the same time, the 2020 Democrats want to give free, taxpayer-funded health insurance to illegal immigrants. It is hard to believe, but that is a matter of fact. That is the Democrats' so-called Medicare for All plan. Really, it is one-size-fits-all, government-controlled healthcare, and it is extremely expensive, even more expensive than I mentioned before on the floor, which is according to a new study that has come out by something called the Urban Institute. This liberal group has just reported that the cost of Medicare for All would be $34 trillion--that is 34 with a ``t.'' Let's put that into perspective. How much money is that?…
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John Barrasso
Republican · Wyoming

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