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Healthcare bill
The US Senate unveiled it's proposed healthcare insurance overhaul bill on Thursday. The Republicans had met in secret to come up with the proposal. U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) said “Under the current health care system, families in Tennessee and across our country face rising costs and have limited choices. Congress has a responsibility to resolve these issues and stabilize the individual insurance market, and over the next several days, I will take time to fully review the legislative text and seek input from stakeholders across our state. I will make a final decision based on whether this legislation, on the whole, is better than what is in place today.” Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) said “To begin with, the draft Senate health care bill makes no change in the law protecting people with pre-existing conditions, no change in Medicare benefits, and increases Medicaid funding— that’s TennCare—at the rate of inflation." Mary Mancini, chair of the Tennessee Democratic Party, calls the bill "devastating" for Tennesseans. "This plan guts prenatal coverage for mothers-to-be, which we know is vital for a new baby’s health. It cuts funding for opioid treatment at a time when record numbers of Tennesseans are dying from overdoses. It attacks our seniors by making them pay a crushing “age tax” that will increase their premiums to 5 times higher than what everyone else is paying. And if this attack on our seniors wasn’t enough, it also cuts Medicaid and puts at risk two thirds of those living in nursing homes. We are all Tennesseans and leaders like Senator Alexander and Senator Corker should be the first to step up and have our backs. They should vote against the Trumpcare plan.” Craig Obey, Deputy Executive Director of Families USAsays the bill will be harder on the poor and those with medical issues, than the House version which would result in 28 million more Americans without healthcare.
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