Schumer Blasts Cruz’s Amendment To Health Bill A ‘Hoax’
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Thursday called Senator Ted Cruz’s amendment to the Republican health care plan “a hoax” that would increase the cost of health care for Americans.
“Make no mistake, the Cruz amendment is a hoax. Under the guise of lowering premiums, it makes healthcare more expensive because deductibles and copayments would be so onerous that many Americans would pay much more out of their pockets than they pay today,” Schumer said in a statement.
Cruz is proposing an amendment that would allow insurance companies to offer insurance plans that don’t comply with the patient’s bill of rights, as long as at least one policy complies with the Obamacare regulations.
Schumer is blasting the Cruz amendment saying that individuals with pre-existing conditions would not have access to affordable healthcare, making the Senate legislation “worse than the House bill on this issue.”
“It’s a foolhardy trade to exchange lower premiums for far more expensive deductibles and copayments,” Schumer said.
“The only way to truly improve our nation’s health care system is for the Trump administration to stop sabotaging the marketplaces and for Republicans to finally heed Democrats’ requests to come together and work in a bipartisan way,” Schumer said.
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