Every year, Chuck commits to traveling to all62 counties in New York to meet with constituents.
On August 14th, as the fallout from Trump and the GOP’s devastating Medicaid cuts in their ‘Big Ugly Betrayal’ begins in the Hudson Valley and over 1.5 million New Yorkers projected to lose healthcare, U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer stood at Garnet Health Medical Center-Catskills, which has already been forced to reduce medical services & lay off dozens of staff citing the GOP’s deep Medicaid cuts, and announced his new legislation – the Protecting Health Care And Lowering Costs Act – to repeal the devastating healthcare cuts and permanently extend the ACA premium tax credits that are set to expire at the end of this year, which if not extended will raise families healthcare costs.
Standing in Sullivan County, where 37% of the population is covered by Medicaid, Schumer explained how these rushed, ill-conceived Trump Medicaid cuts – which were made to fund tax breaks for billionaires – has already caused rural hospitals across America to scramble with the worst still yet to come, on top of ripping away health coverage for 150,000 in Catskills and the Hudson Valley, while also increasing ER wait times, increasing out of pocket costs & premiums, reducing medical services, and blowing huge holes in county budgets.