Press reports already confirm that the bottom line about the Senate Trumpcare bill, which was written behind closed doors, is this: Trumpcare would slash Medicaid funding, leaving tens of millions of working Americans, seniors, and children out in the cold in order to cut taxes for the rich.
Associated Press: “Senate Republicans unveil health care bill scuttling Obama law, cuts Medicaid, slashes taxes for wealthy”
NBC News: “Senate Health Care Bill Includes Deep Medicaid Cuts”
The Hill: “Senate GOP releases ObamaCare repeal bill with deep cuts to Medicaid”
Vox: “At its core, the Senate health bill slashes Medicaid to finance a tax cut for the rich”
New York Times: “Senate Health Care Bill Includes Deep Cuts to Medicaid”
Ezra Klein, Vox: “The Senate GOP health bill in one sentence: poor people pay more for worse insurance”
Washington Post – Wonkblog: “Republicans’ Obamacare repeal would be one of the biggest cuts to the social safety net in history”
Chicago Tribune: “Senate Republicans unveil secretive health care bill to dismantle Obamacare”
Joe Scarborough, MSNBC: “The GOP bills raise deductibles, cuts coverage and slashes Medicaid. Trump promised repeatedly to voters he would do none of the above.”
John Harwood, CNBC: “Senate health bill, even more than House bill, shreds Trump promise not to touch Medicaid, reducing benefits for millions of Trump voters”
Published: Jun 22, 2017