Sen. Hassan Joins Prominent Doctor Organizations to Speak Out Against Trumpcare

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- The office of Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., issued the following news release:

Today, Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) joined doctors from the American Academy of Family Physicians, American Academy of Pediatrics, Americans College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists, American College of Physicians, American Psychiatric Association, and the American Osteopathic Association, to speak out against the dangerous Trumpcare proposal in the Senate, which would harm millions of Americans.

"The reason there are so many physicians here from so many different specialties is because these doctors know firsthand that Trumpcare is bad for America's health," said Senator Hassan. "The decision to delay the Senate vote does not change the fact that under Trumpcare, Americans would pay more for worse health coverage, and it's all in order to give billions of dollars in tax breaks to corporate special interests - including Big Pharma - at the expense of hard-working Americans and the programs they rely on."

Senator Hassan highlighted how Trumpcare would make things worse for most Americans, regardless of whether they get insurance through an employer, buy it individually, or have Medicaid. The Senator also emphasized how Trumpcare ends Medicaid expansion and makes massive cuts to the Medicaid program, threatening efforts to combat the heroin, fentanyl, and opioid crisis, as well as the health and well-being of children, pregnant women, seniors who require home care or nursing home care, and Granite Staters who experience disabilities.