Today, Congresswoman Cheri Bustos (IL-17) denounced Washington Republicans' effort to revive Trumpcare with their Graham-Cassidy bill.
"I'm deeply alarmed that Washington Republicans are once again attempting to move forward with a plan that would lead to double digit premium rate increases, discriminate against people with pre-existing conditions and kick millions of Americans off of their health insurance. The last Trumpcare bill would have taken health care away from nearly 45,000 people in my Congressional District, killed 60,000 Illinois jobs and imposed an age tax that would have cost older Americans up to five times more than others. With nearly 700 rural hospitals already considered vulnerable, ending Medicaid as we know it would force many of them to shut their doors for good, undermining access to quality care in rural communities and ripping the economic heart out of small towns across the country.
"While we're still waiting for a final breakdown of how deeply this new Trumpcare bill would hurt hardworking Illinoisans, we already know that, just like the last Trumpcare bill, it will lead to higher costs and less coverage. That's why it's already being opposed by the American Medical Association, the American Hospital Association, the American Cancer Society and even several Republican Governors. Every day that the Republican Congress wastes on Trumpcare is a day that we could be working on bipartisan proposals to lower the costs and improve the quality of health coverage."