Sen. Jon Tester blasts GOP for secretly drafting health care bill, saying it hurts Montanans
“There’s a lot of things being referred to as putting lipstick on a pig, but this is truly putting lipstick on a pig,” Tester said in speech delivered from the
At issue is the Senate Republican bill to repeal and replace the 2010 Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare. Since the ACA’s 2010 creation without
A House version of the repeal bill is estimated to eliminate insurance for 23 million people, according to the nonpartisan
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A week is not enough time for a bill that is expected to dramatically change health care for millions of Americans, said Tester and other
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Tester has advocated for keeping the Affordable Care Act, but making changes where needed to make the existing health insurance policy better. Recalling a conversation with a Butte man on Medicaid, the senator promised not to let
“He said ‘you know, I’ve had diabetes since I was a teenager. I’ve had some issues with mental health for a good portion of my adult life,’” Tester said the Butte man told him. “He said ‘you know I haven’t been able to support my family, and then the Affordable Care Act came along, and the state of
“Well I will tell you,” Tester said. “I will fight like hell to make sure that never happens. And if the majority leader wants to try to ram this down people’s throats, I will spend the rest of my life telling them why, and who did what to them.”
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