Blood Money: people will die. “Now we know the truth. Senate Republicans were sitting around a conference table dreaming up even meaner ways to kick dirt in the face of American people and take away their health insurance … Republicans worked really, really hard on this bill and it’s pretty clear now exactly who they were working for; this bill has one flashing neon sign after another telling us who the Republican party cares about and it is not American families … The Senate bill is crammed full with just as many tax cuts as the House bill: tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires, tax cuts for wealthy investors, tax cuts for giant companies – but all those tax cuts don’t come cheap. They start to add up after a while. So Senate Republicans had to make a choice how to pay for all those juicy tax cuts for their rich buddies. I’ll tell you how: Blood Money … These cuts are Blood Money. People will die. Let’s be very clear. Senate Republicans are paying for tax cuts for the wealthy with American lives.” – Senator Warren, June 22, 2017
“Read the Senate Republican health care bill (full text),” by Tara Golshan, Vox; June 22, 2017
Sen. Warren on Trumpcare: Cuts to Medicare and Medicaid is Blood Money for the Rich
Sen. Warren on Trumpcare: Cuts to Medicare and Medicaid is Blood Money for the Rich
“It’s not complicated. Just cruel.” See: “The Senate GOP health bill in one sentence: poor people pay more for worse insurance,” by Ezra Klein, Vox; June 22, 2017 https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/6/22/15854614/senate-gop-health-bill-poor-pay-more
“How bad is this Republican wealthcare bill? It is nothing short of vicious … if you are one of the 130 million Americans with a pre-existing condition, if you’ve ever been pregnant or plan to have a family, if you or a loved one survives on Medicaid, or if you are age 46 or older, this is an absolute must-read.” See: “Here’s the simplest takedown of the Republican scheme to take away health care from millions,” by Jen Hayden, Daily Kos; June 22, 2017. https://www.dailykos.com/story/2017/6/22/1674202/-Here-s-the-simplest-takedown-of-the-Republican-scheme-to-take-away-health-care-from-millions >> This article is based on a Twitter thread by Senator Bob Casey; his full Twitter thread on Trumpcare can be found here: https://twitter.com/SenBobCasey/status/877972897859477504
“Senate Obamacare repeal plan would slash federal healthcare funding for Medicaid,” by Noam N. Levey and Lisa Mascaro, LA Times; June 22, 2017 http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-senate-obamacare-20170622-story.html
“Senate Health Care Bill Includes Deep Cuts to Medicaid,” by Robert Pear and Thomas Kaplan, New York Times; June 22, 2017 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/22/us/politics/senate-health-care-bill.html
“Read the Senate Republican health care bill (full text),” by Tara Golshan, Vox; June 22, 2017 https://www.vox.com/2017/6/22/15847336/full-text-read-senate-republican-ahca-bill
The Senate Republicans want to vote on Trumpcare by July 4, 2017. Here is the number for the switchboard to call your Senators: 202-224-3121. Tell your Senators to vote No on Trumpcare.