LIVE: @PattyMurray’s opening remarks on high health care costs:https://www.help.senate.gov/hearings/how-to-reduce-health-care-costs-understanding-the-cost-of-health-care-in-america …
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@PattyMurray: Families are concerned about the skyrocketing price of drugs and the cost of rising insurance premiums. These challenges impact families every single day.Show this thread
.@PattyMurray: Unfortunately, it’s difficult to imagine what else President Trump could possibly be doing to make these challenges worse. Since day one, he has brought chaos, uncertainty, and higher costs to health care in this country across the board.
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@PattyMurray: President Trump tried again and again to jam his awful Trumpcare bill through Congress—and when he couldn’t do that, he chose to create Trumpcare by sabotaging patients’ care in every way he could.Show this thread -
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@PattyMurray: All of this sabotage has translated to higher costs for so many patients, and President Trump’s efforts to undermine protections for people with pre-existing conditions could leave millions without the ability to afford care they need.Show this thread -
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@PattyMurray: The President has also sabotaged innovative efforts at lowering costs across the health care system, delaying and canceling sensible programs to bundle payments that encourage providers to keep costs down and deliver the best results for patients.Show this thread -
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@PattyMurray: This is especially frustrating because it did not have to be this way. I am disappointed Republican leaders refused to support the bipartisan agreement we reached in this committee—which could have lowered premiums this year and next and helped stabilize markets.Show this thread
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