
Jayapal on the Latest Trumpcare CBO Score
WASHINGTON, D.C – Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, Vice Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, released the following statement in response to the latest Congressional Budget Office analysis of the Senate health care bill:
“I call on every elected member of the Senate with a conscience to reject Trumpcare. The latest CBO score shows this version would kick 22 million people off health coverage over the next decade. First it was 24 million, then 23 million, now 22 million. Do the Republicans need 22 more shots at Trumpcare before they get to zero?
“The numbers prove that Trumpcare is cruel – that has not changed. We should be expanding health care and adding millions to the ranks of the insured, not destroying care by slashing billions from Medicaid and giving tax breaks to the wealthy.”
Background:
Issues: Government Reform & Ethics, Health Care