Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (DN.Y.) has sharply criticized the president Donald Trump on Saturday for mocking millions of Americans struggling with the rising costs of health insurance, calling the response “just pathetic.”
Schumer criticizes Trump for rising healthcare premiums
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He added: “Just sad: he has failed the American people, especially his own supporters.”
The senator’s comments come as health insurance premiums have soared in many parts of the country, leaving millions of Americans concerned about covering basic medical costs.
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Democrats criticize Republicans for rising health care costs
Democratic leaders got to work on it on Saturday X to criticize Republican approaches to health care amid rising costs and expiring Affordable Care Act tax credits.
Minority Leader of the House of Representatives Hakeem Jeffries (DN.Y.) called Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) new Republican health care plan “toxic” and “deeply unserious” as it fails to extend expiring ACA tax credits, warning it would hurt everyday Americans.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass) highlighted that 10,000 people in Massachusetts lost their health insurance in one month, double the number last year, and blamed Republican inaction for the increase.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn) highlighted that 27% of farmers, including those in Polk County, Iowa, rely on the health insurance market, and said Republican opposition to extending the ACA tax credits 13 times could double or triple premiums.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) criticized Republicans for not advancing serious solutions, noting that the U.S. spends far more on health care than most countries, faces the highest prescription drug prices in the world and leaves 85 million Americans uninsured or underinsured.
Johnson pushes plan to cut health care premiums
Republicans in the House of Representatives introduced the Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act, presenting it as a “common sense” solution to lower health care costs for Americans.
Johnson criticized Democrats, saying the Affordable Care Act caused sky-high premiums, waste, fraud and abuse.
He emphasized that Republicans are stepping in to “fix the mess Democrats have created.”
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