Heinrich Blasts GOP Schemes to Slash Health Care Coverage for New Mexicans
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For over seven years,
Repealing the law made for great bumper stickers and campaign promises.
But the trouble is that their opposition to the ACA has always been more about politics than it ever was about actual policy or plans to do better for the American people.
The shockingly rushed and secretive effort on display this week in the
After months of negotiations behind closed doors, when
Now, stuck without a path forward, their latest idea is to pass a small backroom deal before sundown today - which nobody has seen yet - to go to conference with the
While we still don't know what it is we'll be voting on, we know that even the so-called "skinny repeal" bill would mean higher premiums and millions of Americans losing their health coverage.
Not to mention deep cuts that would dismantle the Medicaid program as it currently exists.
And throw millions of Americans off of their health coverage and put our entire health care system into chaos.
All to give a massive tax break to the wealthiest among us.
That is just awful policy any way you look at it.
Since January, I have heard from literally thousands of New Mexicans who have told me how important health care coverage is to them and their families.
What answers do
Or the woman in
What will they tell the single mother in
Or the young man in
These New Mexicans--and millions of other Americans--will be harmed if this bill becomes law.
Look, I'm not outraged about all of this because I'm a Democrat or because of what I think about
I'm outraged about this bill because of what it will do to
I will do everything I can to oppose this appalling legislation and fight to keep quality health care accessible and affordable for all New Mexicans.
If we can halt this mad rush, we could all--
And there is work to be done--no doubt about it.
As
"We've been spinning our wheels on too many important issues because we keep trying to find a way to win without help from across the aisle."
There has to be a better way forward.
These are real people's lives that hang in the balance in this debate.
Real, bipartisan solutions to challenges in our health care system are within reach if
Read this original document at: https://www.heinrich.senate.gov/newsroom/statements-and-speeches/heinrich-blast-gop-schemes-to-slash-health-care-coverage-for-new-mexicans
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