Washington, D.C. — Today, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office released a new report evaluating the effects of proposals from congressional Republicans to gut Medicaid to give the ultra-rich another tax break. Their report revealed that millions of people could lose their health coverage if Republicans in Congress push ahead with these plans and their pro-billionaire agenda. This report comes as the House Committee on Energy and Commerce is set to hold a markup next week where Republicans will decide on exactly how many millions of people they will kick off their health care.
“This CBO report further confirms what we already knew – that Republicans in Congress are willing to sell out millions of working families to give their billionaire friends another massive tax break,” said Unrig Our Economy spokesperson Kobie Christian. “Republicans in Congress have been gaslighting the American public by claiming to be against Medicaid cuts, while actively trying to take away health care from millions of working-class Americans. This report shines a light on their Medicaid lies and reveals their true agenda – putting billionaires first and the American people last.”
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Unrig Our Economy is a national campaign to fix the rules of our economy to make it work for working people. We know that when the middle class does well, all of us do well — which is why we’re fighting on behalf of working Americans and holding corporations, their wealthy executives, and the politicians who enable them accountable.