On May 22, in the wee hours of the morning, the House passed a budget bill that will cut $700 billion from Medicaid and $500 billion from Medicare. If this bill passes the Senate, millions of people will lose their health care. Hospitals will close.
Why? To pay for $4.5 trillion in tax breaks for the rich.
Rep. Jeff Hurd signed a letter to House leadership saying that he “will not support a final reconciliation bill that includes any reduction in Medicaid coverage for vulnerable populations.”
On May 22, he voted for a bill that did just that. And what’s more, it passed by a single vote. Hurd is personally responsible for passing the bill that will kick the elderly out of nursing homes and shorten the lives of millions of Americans.
The bill still needs to pass in the Senate before it becomes law. Call your senators and urge them to do everything in their power to defeat this cruel budget bill.
Contact Sen. Michael Bennet at (202) 224-6852 and Sen. John Hickenlooper at (202) 224-5941.
Philip Riffe
Hesperus
