“The number of uninsured and/or underinsured people in this country is already at a ridiculous high…”
— Devery Mitchell, MD, Family Medicine, Anchorage, AK
“Medicaid supported two young parents when their little girl was diagnosed with Tay Sachs, a fatal genetic disease. Medicaid provided essential services and therapies that allowed her parents to provide the best possible end of life for their child.”
Clinicians in Arkansas speak out…
“The American Healthcare Bill is not only about repealing and replacing, it’s about repealing and regressing…” — Riley Lipschitz, MD, Primary Care, Little Rock, AR
“Millions of California’s children rely on Medicaid for their healthcare…please don’t cap or cut our Medicaid. Our future depends on it.”
— Jaime Friedman, MD, Pediatrics, San Diego, CA.
“I’m going to see patients present later, sicker, and with less ability to get follow up care.”
— Matthew Zuckerman, MD, Emergency Medicine, Denver, CO
“Through Medicaid expansion… millions of Americans were able to realize addiction treatment …”
— Jeanette Tetrault, MD, Primary Care and Addiction Medicine, New Haven, CT
“Children will suffer; I have no doubt about that.”
— Arielle Hay, MD, Pediatric Rheumatologist, Miami, FL
“It was written in secret, by the wealthy for the wealthy, and will kill Americans. It’s that simple.”
— Adam Friedlander, MD, Adult and Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Atlanta, GA
“I don’t think sexual assault should be considered a pre-existing condition.”
— Laura Craig, MD, Psychiatry, Chicago, IL
“Where will my patients go if their care is not covered?”
— Katherine W. McHugh, MD, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Indianapolis, IN
“ Mental health is already in crisis in Iowa, and the health care bill will allow states to remove mental health as a required benefit. That’s outrageous and is only going to make the problem worse!”
— Hans House, MD, Emergency Medicine, Iowa City, IA
“Cutting the infirmed and poor from Medicaid is cruel, not healthcare…”
— Cathleen London, MD, Family Medicine, Milbridge, ME
“Call your Senators and tell them, ‘Trumpcare kills. GOP care kills. We need healthcare for all.”
— Zackary Berger, MD PhD
“The Senate health care bill does nothing to promote psychiatric or substance abuse treatment.”
— Jim Recht, MD, Psychiatry, Substance Use Disorders, Boston, MA
“Thousands of children and families would lose access to well child checks…”
— Nathan Chomilo, MD, Pediatrics, Minneapolis, MN
