Baldwin: "Our Build Back Better Budget is the best opportunity we have to make a federal investment to expand access to quality health care coverage for working families"
The lawmakers, all co-sponsors of the Medicaid Saves Lives Act originally introduced by
The news conference also follows Senators Baldwin, Warnock and Ossoff's push last week to
Senators Baldwin, Warnock, and Ossoff were joined by Senator
A transcript of her remarks can be found below.
Good morning!
I want to start by thanking my colleagues from
As many of you know,
For nearly a decade in
To put this into perspective, that means they are denying the quality coverage that BadgerCare provides to someone working and only making
That's just wrong.
I teamed up with my colleagues from
Waiting for
Our Build Back Better Budget is the best opportunity we have to make a federal investment to expand access to quality health care coverage for working families.
By closing the coverage gap, studies show we would save an estimated 7,000 lives each year and could reduce
Health insurance isn't just about coverage. It can improve so many different aspects of a person's life and right now we have the opportunity to get it right, guided by our belief that health care should be a guaranteed right in America.
In light of one of the greatest public health crises in the last century, a crisis that has had a disproportionate impact on our most vulnerable communities, the time to act is now. We must make sure that we provide affordable quality health care coverage to 91,000 people in
The Build Back Better legislation that we are working to pass is focused on tax cuts for working families, lowering the costs of child care, health care, and prescription drugs, and creating good paying jobs.
Our budget legislation will make the wealthy and big corporations pay their fair share of taxes so we can invest in the economic security of working families. That includes making investments to expand health coverage.
We face an urgent choice: do we keep an economy that serves the wealthiest and biggest corporations - or finally give working families a fair shot? This is our moment to prove to the American people that their government works for them - not just those at the top.
I am grateful for the work of my colleagues here today and feel confident that we can get this done.
Read this original document at: https://www.baldwin.senate.gov/press-releases/baldwin-joins-bicameral-group-of-lawmakers-to-champion-inclusion-of-life-saving-medicaid-fix-in-reconciliation-legislation
Under the Medicaid Saves Lives Act, 646,000 Georgians would qualify for affordable health care; 4.4 million Americans across the 12 states that have yet to expand would also receive coverage
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