Skip to main content

House Threatens Everyday Americans with Trumpcare

The U.S. House of Representatives today voted to make your health care worse.
House Threatens Everyday Americans with Trumpcare
By Pablo Ros ·

The House of Representatives today voted to make your health care worse. The bill, authored by right-wing members, wouldn’t replace Obamacare with something better, as they promised; it would undermine it.

As AFSCME Pres. Lee Saunders put it, “It will still leave at least 24 million Americans uninsured, still cut Medicaid in exchange for tax handouts for corporations and millionaires, still cause costs to skyrocket for older Americans and still eviscerate the protections for people with pre-existing conditions that are guaranteed under the Affordable Care Act.”

Known as the American Health Care Act, the bill approved today by the House is a tax cut for the wealthy disguised as health care legislation. It would harm average Americans, including millions of working families already struggling to make ends meet.

Among other things, the House bill would:

Passed by a narrow vote of 217-213, the bill is a threat to everyday Americans in every corner of the nation. As Saunders also said, “Patient groups, healthcare providers, and voters in blue states, red states, and purple states alike have already spoken out repeatedly against this cruel and dangerous legislation. But the House of Representatives and the Trump administration chose to ignore their pleas. It now falls to the U.S. Senate to finally listen to the American people and stop this bill in its tracks.”

Contact your senators now by calling 888-981-9704. Urge them to oppose the American Health Care Act.

Related Posts