WASHINGTON – Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D, NY) proposed that President Trump and a group of Republican and Democratic lawmakers sit down together and develop a new bipartisan healthcare bill.
The senator said on Wednesday the current legislation would eviscerate Medicaid funding, which would be devastating in the fight against the opioid epidemic.
“Many don’t know this: Medicaid is the way to beat the opioid epidemic, especially in New York where tens of thousands of New Yorkers with substance abuse and mental health challenges gain access from Medicaid,” he said. “The healthcare bill, which proposes an $800 billion cut to Medicaid won’t bring more beds to treatment centers, it will slash opioid treatment.”
Schumer said a new healthcare bill must be developed to treat opioid abuse much better by not cutting Medicaid, get rid of tax cuts for the wealthy, reduce costs of premiums, getting better care for people.
