“We already knew that Trumpcare would kick 26 million people off of their health insurance and raise costs for working families, seniors, and rural Americans. Now we’re learning this bill would cut Medicare by $170 billion – a move that could hit seniors across the country with even more consequences. This isn’t a healthcare bill, it’s a travesty that would harm millions of Americans just to cut billions in taxes for the wealthy,” said American Bridge spokesperson Andrew Bates.
DONALD TRUMP PLEDGED NOT TO CUT MEDICARE OR MEDICAID IN HIS CAMPAIGN ANNOUNCEMENT SPEECH
Donald Trump in campaign announcement, 6/15/2015: “Save Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security without cuts. Have to do it.”
HOUSE WAYS & MEANS CHAIR KEVIN BRADY ADMITS TRUMPCARE WOULD SHORTEN THE LIFE OF MEDICARE BY 4 YEARS
House Rules Committee Hearing, 3/22/2017:
WAYS AND MEANS CHAIR BRADY: And so we made a conscious decision to no longer burden he American public and our local businesses with those failed Obamacare taxes. It did have a small impact on Medicare. And I still think – I listen to my local physicians, hospitals, and others – those $700 billion of Medicare cuts in Obamacare –
REP. ALCEE HASTINGS: The little amount you’re talking about, $170 billion, that’s what you’re talking about, in shortening the life of the program 4 years?
BRADY: That is the provision.
TRUMPCARE WOULD RADICALLY CHANGE AND CUT OVER $800 BILLION FROM MEDICAID
Wall Street Journal, 3/13/2017: “Health-Care Bill Would Bring Big Changes to Medicaid”
- “The bill, if passed by both chambers, would transform an entitlement program, in which everyone who qualifies has a right to health coverage, into a system where that is no longer guaranteed.”
- “States may also get the ability to mandate that many enrollees pay premiums and copayments, as well as meet other requirements or else face ouster from the program.”
- “But the House proposal would result in 24 million people losing coverage by 2026, largely by reducing federal spending on Medicaid by a cumulative $880 billion by that year, according to an analysis by the Congressional Budget Office.”
Published: Mar 22, 2017