This is my constituent Melba & she has lived on the Lower East Side her whole life. She's in a wheelchair & has cerebral palsy.pic.twitter.com/zuyKHwzfJB
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My colleagues & I have been fighting for months for Americans like Melba. We won't stop any time soon.
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Had great insurance, ACA took it away! Can't afford ACA. 7 years no doctor, could be sick but won't know cause ACA abandoned middle class
I am one of the millions of forgotten middle class that you stole Insurance from, or that have but can afford the deductible. No compassion
Quit working 4 ur party and work 4 the American people. Find middle ground and make compromises. That what America wants, not mandatory ACA
Dems need to bring out Reagan. He believed no one should be denied healthcare if they couldn't afford it. How does the GOP answer that?
I don't like the bill either Senator but what about its Medicaid reforms would harm Melba? Presumably she was covered before OCare expansion
The drastic cuts to Medicaid would harm her.
And I ask, in what way? She will not be kicked off the roles. NY won't receive any less money next year from the Feds unless it spends less.
Over the next ten years, Medicaid funding would go down $772 billion. Regardless of what is spent, they will get less money.
Less money than what? The federal government will spend more money on Medicaid next year than it did this year and you say they'll get less.
I guess I'm confused where you figure that cutting almost $800b in funding is equivalent to more money.
Check this CBO report and look specifically at the Medicaid projections. They increase yearly. http://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/115th-congress-2017-2018/reports/52370-outlook.pdf …
Yes, but that doesn't account for the change in Medicaid spending in the bill, which the CBO says will CUT funding by $772b over ten years.
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