Casey warns on Trump pick

Posted 12/7/16

WASHINGTON, DC — Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey released a statement regarding President-elect Donald Trump’s selection of Congressman Tom Price to become the Secretary of Health and Human …

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Casey warns on Trump pick

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WASHINGTON, DC — Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey released a statement regarding President-elect Donald Trump’s selection of Congressman Tom Price to become the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS). Casey wrote, “Congressman Price has led efforts to end the guaranteed benefit of Medicare; Congressman Price has also supported efforts to turn Medicaid into a block grant program, which would adversely impact nursing home care for 250,000 seniors in Pennsylvania and 6.4 million seniors nationally. Turning Medicaid into a block grant program would also jeopardize support for millions of babies, because Medicaid finances approximately half of all the nation’s births. Congressman Price has also championed the repeal of the Affordable Care Act, which would deprive 20 million Americans of health care coverage and raise the cost of prescription drugs for seniors by reopening the ‘donut hole,’ which is the gap that has to be filled by a senior to pay for prescription drugs. The question I have for President-elect Trump and his administration is how nominating the architect of schemes to destroy Medicare and Medicaid is consistent with his promises to protect these programs?”

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