Sen. Hirono: GOP Health Care Bill ‘a Death Sentence’ for Those with Serious Illnesses

‘This is really all about a huge, huge tax break for the richest people in our country, on the backs of the poorest, sickest and oldest people in our country’

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HIRONO: "Even if it covers 13 million fewer and not the 23 million, it’s still a bad bill, it's still now health care. In fact, I keep reminding everybody this is really all about a huge, huge tax break for the richest people in our country on the backs of the poorest, sickest and oldest people in our country. That is wrong, because health care is a right, not a privilege just for those who can afford it. And especially, Angela, you and I will both now be deemed to have preexisting conditions. In Hawaii there are over half a million people with preexisting conditions, and under this Senate version they will probably have to live with yearly limits and lifetime limits and that’s basically a death sentence for a lot of people with serious illnesses in our country."

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