"They want to have illegal aliens come into our country and get massive healthcare at the cost to everybody else, and we don't have it. And that’s, I would say, the number one reason that they want to strike is to get illegal immigrants’ healthcare."
Those were the words of Donald Trump. And on Wednesday morning, the congressional Republicans held a news conference and took turns repeating the same thing.
Let me be blunt. THAT IS AN OUTRAGEOUS LIE!
It is illegal for undocumented immigrants to receive Medicare, Medicaid, or any other government health programs (including subsidies for buying insurance through the Affordable Care Act). And no Democrat - not a single one - is calling for breaking U.S. law to give undocumented immigrants health care!
The Democrats are fighting for health care for AMERICAN CITIZENS! They want to rescind the GOP cuts to enhanced ACA subsidies for millions of Americans. Those GOP cuts (to fund a tax cut for the rich) will cause insurance premiums to rise sharply for millions of people by as much as 75%. With the current inflation, those citizens would struggle to pay the new higher rates, and millions would have to drop the insurance because they could no longer afford it.
Why are the Republicans lying about the reason for the shutdown? Because they cannot defend the truth - the fact that their "big beautiful bill" will substantially raise insurance costs for millions, and take insurance away from millions of others with massive cuts to Medicaid. They cannot defend that they think tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires are more important than health care for millions of Americans.
The Medicaid cuts won't start until after the 2026 elections, so Democrats would likely save that fight for then. Right now they want the enhanced subsidies for the ACA to be restored to keep insurance at an affordable level. If that happens, Democrats will quickly agree to vote to stop the shutdown.
Right now, Americans have a choice. They can believe the Trump and Republican lies - or they can back the Democrats efforts to save health insurance for millions of citizens.
It's not a hard choice!
No comments:
Post a Comment
ANONYMOUS COMMENTS WILL NOT BE PUBLISHED. And neither will racist,homophobic, or misogynistic comments. I do not mind if you disagree, but make your case in a decent manner.