Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement following news the House may vote on another version of Trumpcare:
“Set the recent politics aside, and it’s absolutely baffling why anybody would vote for a bill this morally reprehensible and dangerous to Americans’ health care. Make no mistake: there is nothing in Trumpcare that would make people with pre-existing conditions better off. This is discrimination: they would be charged more, necessary services wouldn’t be covered, and insurance companies could once again leave people out in the cold. It would shred the health care safety net while handing a massive tax cut to the wealthy and corporations.”
“It’s as if the Trump administration and House Republicans looked at what Americans want in the health care system and wrote a bill that does the opposite. Bottom line, this bill doesn’t have a prayer in the Senate. It doesn’t warrant ten minutes of debate, much less a vote.”
