Eshoo: Trumpcare is 'wrong, immoral, dishonors my constituents and American people'
WASHINGTON, D.C— Today, Congresswoman Anna Eshoo (D-CA) released a statement following the passage of Trumpcare.
"Today House Republicans voted once again to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Their so-called health care bill will rob 24 million Americans from insurance coverage, including the evisceration of essential health benefits like ambulatory patient services, emergency services, hospitalization, maternity, newborn care, mental health and substance use disorder services, prescription drugs, rehabilitation services and devices, laboratory services, preventive services and pediatric services.
"Trumpcare will result in less coverage for fewer Americans at higher costs; imposes a crushing tax on older Americans between the ages of 50-64; and strips away Medicaid from millions of low-income families and children. They have brought their legislation to the Floor with an amendment written in the dead-of-night that will push Americans with pre-existing conditions off their insurance and into high risk pools where they will face soaring costs with less coverage and restricted care. And their process is as bad as the bill. It has not been subjected for analysis for costs and impacts by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO), and the American people have no idea what it will cost.
"This bill is wrong, it's immoral and it dishonors my constituents, the people of our country and the great values of our nation."
This legislation is opposed by 97 organizations, from seniors, to doctors, nurses, hospitals, veterans, religious organizations and countless advocacy organizations:
AARP
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
Academy of Spinal Cord Injury Professionals
ACCSES
AFSCME
AIDS United
American Academy of Family Phsyicians
American Academy of Pediatrics
American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
American Association of People with Disabilities
American Association on Health and Disability
American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network
American Cochlear Implant Alliance
American College of Nurse-Midwives
American College of Physicians
American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists' (ACOG)
American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine
American Diabetes Association
American Heart Association
American Lung Association
American Medical Association
American Medical Rehabilitation Providers Association
American Music Therapy Association
American Network of Community Options and Resources
American Occupational Therapy Association
American Osteopathic Association
American Physical Therapy Association
American Psychiatric Association
American Psychological Association
American Society of Clinical Oncology
American Therapeutic Recreation Association
American Thoracic Society
Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired (AER)
Association of American Medical Colleges
Association of Assistive Technology Act Programs
Association of University Centers on Disabilities
Autistic Self Advocacy Network
Brain Injury Association of America
Cancer Action Network
Center for Medicare Advocacy
Children's Hospital Association
Children's Leadership Council
Chronic Illness and Disability Partnership
Clinician Task Force
Consumers Union
Council for Exceptional Children
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Easterseals
Epilepsy Foundation
Hearing Loss Association of America
HIV Medicine Association
JDRF
Justice in Aging
Lakeshore Foundation
LeadingAge
Legal Action Center
March of Dimes
National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors
National Alliance on Mental Illness
National Association for the Advancement of Orthotics and Prosthetics
National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities (NACDD)
National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health
National Association of Urban Hospitals
National Council on Independent Living
National Disability Rights Network
National Education Association
National Farmers Union
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
National Organization for Rare Disorders
National Partnership for Women & Families
National Rural Health Association
National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable
National Women's Law Center
NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America
Spina Bifida Association
The Arc
The Myositis Association
The Simon Foundation for Continence
The Paralyzed Veterans of America
Treatment Access Expansion Project
Trust for America's Health
Unite 2 Fight Paralysis
United Cerebral Palsy
WomenHeart: The National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease
California Medical Association
California Hospital Association
Blue Shield of California
University of California System
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Bread for the World
Drug Policy Alliance
American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP)
American Association of University Women (AAUW)
The Episcopal Church
Catholic Health Association of the United States