CWA Statement on House Health Care Bill

CWA President Chris Shelton said this about the House leadership's proposed health care plan:

We're still learning about the health care plan proposed by House Republicans.

We can all agree that the American healthcare system must be improved. It's clear, however, that this legislation provides a big tax giveaway to corporations and the 1 percent, while working families, seniors, and children are stuck picking up the tab.

Workers age 50 and older would take a big hit, because insurance companies would be permitted to charge them five times as much as younger workers. This proposal would strip away coverage from millions of working families who need it most, and hand millions of dollars in tax breaks and handouts to insurance companies, other corporations and the wealthy. 

Tax breaks for corporations and the wealthy are estimated at $525 billion over 10 years. This isn’t a health care plan, it's a shameful handout to corporations paid for by working families who will pay more for less coverage, and by those Americans who will be left with no health care coverage at all.

Read the full statement here.