{"id":1545,"date":"2017-11-22T00:54:27","date_gmt":"2017-11-22T05:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.suitupmaine.org\/?p=1545"},"modified":"2020-07-20T02:44:37","modified_gmt":"2020-07-20T06:44:37","slug":"trump-tax-scam-health-care-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.suitupmaine.org\/trump-tax-scam-health-care-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"TRUMP TAX SCAM: Health Care Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

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To pay for tax cuts for corporations and the rich, the Senate tax plan will slash Medicaid and Medicare funding and repeal the ACA individual mandate, likely leading to a collapse of the health care markets. <\/span>Call Sen. Collins <\/b>and tell her to vote NO on any tax bill that cuts health care to fund tax cuts to the rich<\/b>.<\/p>\n

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Health Care, Reproductive Rights & Disability Rights Working Group<\/a> and Indivisible<\/a> C2A\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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THE ISSUE<\/span><\/h4>\n

The Senate\u2019s <\/span>\u201cTax Cuts and Jobs Act\u201d<\/span><\/a> would significantly curtail access to health care for many Americans to offset the cost of steep tax cuts to the wealthiest 1%. This latest chapter in the Trump Tax Scam <\/span>eliminates the individual mandate<\/span><\/a> in the Affordable Care Act, which experts say will lead to fewer healthy individuals in the marketplace, <\/span>devastating the health care market<\/span><\/a> for everyone. The move will <\/span>increase the number of uninsured<\/span><\/a> by 4 million in two years, and 13 million in 2027, and <\/span>increase insurance premiums<\/span><\/a> by 10% per year. The Maine Center for Economic Policy estimates that <\/span>15,000 Maine families will lose insurance<\/span><\/a> by next year and another 50,000 by 2027. \u00a0Premium hikes will hit seniors the hardest: a 60-year-old in Washington County who pays $2,062 in 2018 will pay $3,118 in 2027. As if all of that weren\u2019t bad enough, the plan would add so much to the deficit that it would <\/span>trigger $25 billion in Medicare cuts<\/span><\/a>, and it includes language that <\/span>gives fetuses access to college savings funds<\/span><\/a>, a first step in the GOP\u2019s \u201cpersonhood\u201d agenda intended to pave the way toward outlawing abortion. <\/span><\/p>\n

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THE ACTION<\/span><\/h4>\n
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  1. Call and email <\/b>Susan Collins<\/b><\/a> (202-224-2523)<\/b> and demand that she publicly oppose the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and vote NO when it comes to the Senate floor after Thanksgiving.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Call and email <\/b>Angus King<\/b><\/a> (202-224-5344)<\/b> to thank him for his vocal opposition to the GOP tax plans, and ask him to keep fighting to protect our health care and middle class families.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Share this map<\/b><\/a> with your friends and family in Maine<\/b> so they can see the impact on the county they live in.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    TALKING POINTS<\/span><\/h4>\n