Rosen Criticizes Donald Trump Over Health Care and Government Shutdown
WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Jacky Rosen appeared on MSNBC’s “Deadline: White House” with Nicolle Wallace to criticize President Donald Trump for failing to advance bipartisan talks that would both protect Americans’ access to affordable health care and end the ongoing Republican-led government shutdown. She emphasized the urgent need for Congress to act and extend the Affordable Care Act’s enhanced premium tax credits to maintain affordable coverage for families.
According to the nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation, health insurance premiums for working families could more than double if the ACA’s enhanced premium tax credits expire this year. In Nevada, nearly 95,000 residents directly benefit from these credits.
Donald Trump is in charge of the White House. He’s actually Speaker of the House these days, as he alleges himself, and he’s pretty much in control of the Senate. He could stop this shutdown right now by calling a group of Democrats and Republicans together to work on preserving the accessibility and affordability of health care for tens of millions of Americans who are about to fall off a cliff at the end of this year. Whether you get your health care on the exchanges or through your employer, everybody’s healthcare is going up.
Senator Rosen’s Call to Action
- Encourage bipartisan cooperation to end the government shutdown.
- Protect Americans’ access to affordable health care by extending ACA tax credits.
- Prevent a sharp rise in health care costs at the year’s end.
Author’s summary: Senator Jacky Rosen urged President Trump and Congress to act swiftly to reopen the government and safeguard affordable health care coverage for millions of Americans.