The House must reject the President's bill passed by the Senate

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

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Statement from APHA Executive Director Dr. Georges C. Benjamin, MD

Today the Senate has signed off on legislation that takes away health coverage from at least 16 million Americans, dramatically reduces access to necessary programs that feed people and ensures our air is less safe to breath. It also borrows from our kids and grandkids future by increasing our national debt by a whopping $3 trillion. It is a heartless effort that the House of Representatives must reject. The unnecessary suffering it will cause to the average American is unacceptable for all people but especially in states in the South and Southwest with high levels of poverty. This bill destroys America, but does make the very rich even richer at the expense of all.

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