Kaptur statement on Congressional Budget Office analysis of House GOP health care bill
Calls Republican proposal “anti-life” as bill will leave 24 million without insurance
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) released the following statement regarding the Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) analysis of the House Republican-led health care bill, the American Health Care Act (AHCA).
Kapur statement:
"If this bill becomes law, 24 million Americans will be without insurance. That's plain cruel. Republicans claim to be the party of life, but this bill will take away prenatal care, and care for unborn babies and mothers. This bill shifts the costs of nursing home care to middle-class families so the rich can receive a tax break. This bill is anti-life.
"Let's compare how harmful the current Republican bill is to the progress we have made under the Affordable Care Act; about 48 million Americans lacked health insurance in 2008 and today, that number has been almost cut in half. This means more than 20 million people now have a new lease on life, and a chance to be healed in the event of catastrophe or illness.
"The Affordable Care Act, which bolstered foundational programs like Medicaid and Medicare, helps millions of Americans, including about 900,000 in Ohio. We cannot afford to turn back to a time when many people suffered and died because they did not have health insurance."