| A brutal fact check from the Associated Press confirms Republicans are lying about the devastating effects of their Big, Ugly Law and its impact on rural communities.
After Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. falsely proclaimed this week the legislation represented an “infusion of cash” for rural hospitals – the AP had to educate the Secretary that the Big, Ugly Law does in fact make massive cuts to America’s rural hospitals.
Nonpartisan estimates have predicted that rural health care systems could lose $137 billion because of cuts in the Big, Ugly Law and a recent report found that as many as 300 rural hospitals were at risk for closure.
Americans across the country are already feeling the pain of the House Republican-backed Big, Ugly Law, as clinics and hospitals announce staff cuts and closures, including recently in southwest Nebraska.
DCCC Spokesperson Justin Chermol:
“Republicans cannot lie their way out of the catastrophe hospitals across the nation are facing as a result of their vote for the Big, Ugly Law. Millions of hardworking Americans will lose access to health care and hospitals will close, all so House Republicans could line the pockets of their billionaire backers.” |
