Tuesday, May 9, 2017

Seth Meyers Trashes Trump's 'Disastrous' Health Care Bill: 'Exactly What Bernie Sanders Warned Us About' @alternet

Seth Meyers Trashes Trump's 'Disastrous' Health Care Bill: 'Exactly What Bernie Sanders Warned Us About' @alternet:

"As for the American Health Care Act now in the Senate, "Trump and the GOP will not be able to escape [its] negative consequences," remarked Meyers, who went on to explain why the bill's ramifications are "disastrous." "Remember, when Republicans first tried to pass this bill a few weeks ago, the Congressional Budget Office found that it would kick as many as 24 million Americans off of health insurance, raise premiums for older, poor Americans by more than 750%, cut federal Medicaid spending by $880 billion, and give the wealthiest people a giant tax cut of nearly $1 trillion over a decade?" the "Late Night" host said. "It's exactly what Bernie Sanders warned us about"."