TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) - After analysts release some surprising projections, Mayor Andrew Gillum is weighing in on the Republican health care plan, saying the reports "should be cause for extraordinary alarm in every household in America and Florida."
After the Congressional Budget Office projected that 14 million people will lose coverage next year under the House bill dismantling former President Barack Obama's health care law, Gillum's camp has sent out the following statement:
“Today's Congressional Budget Office estimates on the Republican health care plan should be cause for extraordinary alarm in every household in America and Florida. Health care is a fundamental right and not a privilege in this country, but under the Trump Health Care plan, 24 million will lose their health care by 2026," said Gillum.
"The CBO has also noted that the Trump Health Care plan will raise premiums for seniors - which makes Governor Rick Scott's complicity with President Trump in stripping health care from our family, friends and neighbors even more indefensible and outrageous.”
The Associated Press reports that Monday's estimate by the Congressional Budget Office says the number of uninsured would grow to 24 million by 2026.
House bill dismantling former President Barack Obama's health care law.
