SENATOR ANWAR ISSUES STATEMENT ABOUT FEDERAL MEDICAID CUT PROPOSAL

Today, State Senator Saud Anwar (D-South Windsor), Senate Chair of the Public Health Committee, released the following statement in response to federal House Republicans proposing at least $880 billion in cuts to Medicaid to support tax breaks, a proposal that the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said could reduce health insurance rolls by as many as 8.6 million people in the next decade:

“This proposal is not just misguided – it is dangerous, deadly and immoral. It would rip health care away from millions of our most vulnerable neighbors to fund tax breaks for the wealthy. The human cost is staggering: more families forced into crisis, more emergency rooms overwhelmed, more preventable deaths.

We cannot let this happen. As a physician, I know what happens when people lose access to care – diseases go untreated, suffering multiplies, lives are lost. This is not a policy debate. This is a matter of life and death.

The time to act is now. We must speak out and stand up to protect the health and dignity of every person in our country.”