more than 800 billion the house bill already cuts from the program. ever seen y seen yor in america read, it looks like american seniors could be paying way more. why do this? looking at the bill, the answer is because the republicans want to give a tax break to the wealthiest americans. those making over $200,000 a year and set themselves up to give these folks another, even larger tax cut in their tax bill. even though much of the early reporting says the bill will keep certain protections for americans with preexisting conditions, the truth is, it may well not guarantee them the coverage they need. by allowing states to waive essential health benefits, what the bill is saying to those americans , insurance still has to cover you but it doesn t
have to cover what you may actually need. it doesn t have to cover all or most of your costs. if you need treatment for opioid addiction, your plan may no longer cover it. if you re pregnant and need maternity care, your plan may have decided that s too expensive. the coverage that americans with preexisting conditions actually need may well become either unaffordable or even nonexistent under this bill. simply put, this bill will result not right now at the end of my remarks. simply put, this bill will result in higher costs less care and millions of americans will lose their health insurance particularly through medicaid. it s every bit as bad as the house bill. in some ways it s even worse. the president said the senate bill needed heart.
you want. i think they are looking for a political victory. there s a reason why people hate washington, d.c. this is not the real world. it is not what is happening around the kitchen table. i want to get to that patient i m seeing in the exam room and making sure they can get the coverage they need. what can you do to get there? with t exception of saying this doesn t work, don t do it, is there a solution? we have to be pragmatic. we don t have a choice. absolutely. what we ought to do is get the next 20 million in the health care system we know if someone gets sick, they are going to access coverage. why not get everyone covered and figure out the best way to afford and pay for that coverage. i want to ask about a point stephanie brought up. i ll ask the control room to put up this health insurance industry and how much they spent on lobbying.
and i have not talked yet to any of the republicans that we consider to be key votes on this measure and instead we re getting people basically ducking our cameras. john mccain, richard burr refused to say anything. we did speak to senator pat roberts of kansas and he said this was a difficult bill under difficult circumstances but that he wants to move forward with this. i think let me stop you for a second reporter: we are sifting go ahead. chuck schumer this will happen all day i think. chuck schumer is speaking on the senate floor. under the senate bill, republicans will take millions off their medicaid coverage and then starting in 2025, the plan will institute even more medicaid cuts and each year those cuts get deeper than the year before. within ten years of this new funding system, the cuts to medicaid could total hundreds of billions of dollars above the
unanimous consent request. i ask unanimous consent that any substitute or perfecting amendment offered to calendar number 120, hr 1628, not be in order if the text of the amendment has not been filed at the desk and made available on a public website for at least 72 hours, along with an analysis by the congressional budget office of the bill s budgetary coverage and cost implications. is there objection? reserving the right to object, my colleague, senator cornyn was going to ask the question, which i ll answer which was, the majority leader is referring to a bill that he hadn t seen a copy of because hadn t yet been released. the speech you just heard was about a bill he hasn t seen. with regard to his consent, i object. mr. president, parliamentary not