Schumer On 'Trumpcare': 'No One Likes This Bill'
Source: Talking Points Memo
By MATT SHUHAM Published MARCH 9, 2017, 10:48 AM EDT
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) criticized what he called Trumpcare as a proposal with no real home, saying Thursday morning that no one likes this bill.
Hospitals, doctors, governors, conservatives, liberals, non-partisan groups, and most of all, the people who will no longer have affordable health care, Schumer continued, during a press conference with fellow senators and health care patients.
So we Democrats are here today to tell our Republican friends: Turn back, drop this irresponsible plan, stop this effort to repeal, and we'll work with you to improve the Affordable Care Act. But Trumpcare is a loser for just about all of America unless you're in the top 1 percent.
Sen. Angus King (I-ME), who followed Schumer, corrected him: By the way, it's not only Democrats, it's independents, too, Chuck.
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Stuart G
(38,458 posts)Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)I don't think Republicans are capable of creating a health care bill, they work from making health care impossible for anyone but themselves. A heartless bunch of do wrongs.
C Moon
(12,226 posts)forgotmylogin
(7,539 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(49,069 posts)mobeau69
(11,167 posts)Simple, precise, fits on a bumper sticker and is clear about the subject and who is responsible. I usually don't spell his name "Trump" but, just so there's absolutely no confusion, I'm making an exception when referring to any KGOP bill that "replaces" Obamacare.