Landsman Statement on Congressional Report Showing Republican Budget Cuts Would Kick Millions Off Their Healthcare

Cincinnati, OH – Today, Congressman Greg Landsman (D-OH-01) released the following statement after a Congressional Budget Office report showed millions of Americans will lose healthcare under House Republicans’ budget cuts.

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report, released on Wednesday, was requested by members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the Senate Finance Committee. The report shows House Republicans’ proposed cuts to the Medicaid program – to pay for tax cuts for the super wealthy – would significantly reduce Medicaid coverage and leave millions without healthcare. For example, one cut to Medicaid proposed by House Republicans would result in more than 3.9 million people losing their healthcare in the coming years.

Congressman Landsman is a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, which oversees all Medicaid policy, and where the debate over these potential cuts to Medicaid will take place as soon as next week.

Congressman Landsman:

“Trump and congressional Republicans are working to rip healthcare away from millions of Americans, including our seniors and children, to pay for tax cuts for Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the absurdly wealthy. If they abandon their plan to give these people more tax cuts, and only focus on tax relief for the folks who need it, no one will lose their healthcare. I will be in the room for this fight, and we will do everything in our power to stop them from crushing families and communities with their massive healthcare cuts.”

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