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AFSCME Reacts to House Leadership Pulling the Health Care Bill

Read AFSCME Pres. Lee Saunders’ reaction to the decision to pull the House health care bill shortly before members were scheduled to vote on it.
By AFSCME Staff ·

AFSCME Pres. Lee Saunders had this to say after the House health care bill was pulled from the floor today:

“It was obvious to the tens of thousands of Americans who flooded town halls and phone lines, and the majority of American voters who opposed the American Health Care Act, that this abomination of a bill was nothing more than tax giveaways for corporations and millionaires disguised as health care legislation. 

“Working families, medical professionals, seniors and child advocates, and voters of all political stripes made themselves heard loud and clear: anything that dismantles the progress made under the Affordable Care Act is unacceptable.

“We must continue to hold our leaders accountable to President Trump's repeated promises to working families on health care: nobody loses their coverage, and no cuts to Medicaid or Medicare.”

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