ICYMI: Senator Jacky Rosen Criticizes Donald Trump on Health Care and Government Shutdown
Yesterday, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen appeared on MSNBC’s Deadline: White House with Nicolle Wallace, strongly criticizing President Donald Trump for failing to bring parties together to protect affordable health care and end the Republican-led shutdown.
Protecting Affordable Health Care
Senator Rosen emphasized the urgency of extending the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) enhanced premium tax credit to keep health care affordable for families. She highlighted a recent analysis by the non-partisan Kaiser Family Foundation indicating that if these tax credits are not extended this year, health care premiums for many hardworking families would more than double.
In Nevada alone, nearly 95,000 residents directly benefit from these tax credits.
Senator Rosen’s Statement
“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.”
Summary
Senator Rosen calls on President Trump to act immediately to protect affordable health care and end the government shutdown that threatens millions of Americans.
Author’s summary: Senator Rosen accuses President Trump of controlling the government but failing to prevent a shutdown that risks skyrocketing health care costs for millions.