Fmr. CDC Dir. Besser on the Megabill: ‘This Is the Biggest Cut to Federal Support to Health Care in History’

RUSH EXCERPT:
BESSER: "I mean, George, the piece we just heard laid out some of that. This is the biggest cut to federal support to health care in history, a trillion dollars coming out of that. It will reverse generations of improvement we have been making in terms of getting people access to health care. The congressional budget office says that over 11 million people will lose access to health care. I worked in community clinics for over 30 years, and in those clinics some patients had Medicaid and some had no insurance. And I saw the struggle people would make to determine, should I come in for my health care? Should I pay for my medications, or should I use that money for rent, to put food on the table? This bill will make it so much harder and there put so many more people in that position."