Tlaib Slams Shutdown Deal That Fails to Protect Health Care

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (MI-12) released the following statement after voting NO on the Senate Amendment to H.R. 5371:

“Trump and Republicans made the largest cut to Medicaid in history and are kicking 17 million Americans off their health care. Premiums will double for an additional 20 million Americans under this so-called deal. Tens of thousands of people will die unnecessarily every year because of these extreme Medicaid cuts and skyrocketing health care costs. Our for-profit health care system is already broken, and instead of holding the line and fighting for health care as a human right, enough Democrats chose to roll over and make this affordability crisis worse.

“The American people want us to fight back, not cave to Donald Trump for absolutely nothing in return. An empty promise on a doomed standalone vote in the Senate on ACA subsidies isn’t fooling anyone. It’s a worthless stunt that has no chance of being signed into law—if it’s even taken up. Working people are already struggling and now an increase in premiums will make life worse for our families.”

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