Wyden Slams Trump Plan for Medicaid Paperwork Requirements

Wyden Slams Trump Plan for Medicaid Paperwork Requirements

Interim Final Rule Released by CMS Marks Key Milestone Before States Must Implement New Requirements Next Year, Which Will Rip Away Health Insurance from Millions of Working Americans

Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., released a statement today after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released an interim final rule that dictates how states must set up new Medicaid paperwork requirements that will result in millions of Americans losing access to health care.

"Today's announcement marks a grim step in America's march towards a health care system that further restricts access to health care and creates barriers rather than delivering affordable health care to families," Wyden said. "This rule is the dark heart of the Republican plan to kick millions of working Americans and their children off their health insurance by placing a mountain of paperwork in front of them. These barriers are designed to prevent Americans from getting affordable health care, while providing a profit bonanza for the corporate consultants who get paid millions to build bureaucratic booby traps."

"The Republican plan for health care is to kick people when they are down, making sick people sicker and hard times even harder. When these requirements go into effect at the beginning of next year, it's going to be a complete train wreck for America, and not just for the Americans caught in the bureaucratic maze Republicans have created: every community will be left with worse health care."

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