Senate Finance Republicans released the core text of their spending bill that will cut healthcare for millions of Americans

Senator Reverend Warnock: “Let me be clear: people on Medicaid are working; these work reporting requirements are nothing more than a cynical ploy to fund a tax cut for the ultra-wealthy”

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA), member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement after Senate Republicans published text of their spending bill and its cuts to the Medicaid program.

“Senate Republicans just released legislation that prioritizes billionaires over working families. They are raising premiums for over 1.2 million Georgians and using bureaucratic tricks to kick millions off Medicaid. Let me be clear: people on Medicaid are working; these work reporting requirements are nothing more than a cynical ploy to fund a tax cut for the ultra-wealthy. Georgia tried to institute reporting requirements and ended up spending five times more on administrative costs than health care costs. Now, Senate Republicans are trying to implement the failed Georgia model nationwide, because their goal is not to get people to work, it’s to kick people off Medicaid. My constituents want folks in Washington to make it easier to pay their grocery bill and lower the cost of living, not take away their health care.”

“This is a moral fight, and I will continue to stand up on behalf of ordinary people.”

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