{"id":1002678,"date":"2018-10-19T12:06:48","date_gmt":"2018-10-19T12:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1002678"},"modified":"2024-05-23T20:15:31","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T20:15:31","slug":"mcconnell-3x-all-the-ways-republicans-will-cut-health-care-medicare-social-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/mcconnell-3x-all-the-ways-republicans-will-cut-health-care-medicare-social-security\/","title":{"rendered":"McConnell 3x: All the Ways Republicans Will Cut Health Care, Medicare & Social Security"},"content":{"rendered":"

Repeatedly this week, Mitch McConnell made it very clear what Republicans plan to do if they pick up seats in the midterm elections. They will cut Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security, and gut the Affordable Care Act.<\/p>\n

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    McConnell said Republicans\u2019 plan for addressing the skyrocketing budget deficit would be to go after Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cIn an interview with Bloomberg News on Tuesday, McConnell (R-Ky.) called the nation\u2019s growing deficit and debt \u2018very disturbing\u2019 and argued that it\u2019s being driven by Medicare, Social Security and Medicaid.\u201d<\/p>\n

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      McConnell said that if Republicans pick up seats in the midterm elections they could try to repeal the Affordable Care Act again.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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      Reuters<\/a>: \u201cRepublicans could try again to repeal Obamacare if they win enough seats in U.S. elections next month, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said on Wednesday, calling a failed 2017 push to repeal the healthcare law a \u2018disappointment.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

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        McConnell defended the Trump-backed lawsuit that could end protections for people with pre-existing conditions.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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        Bloomberg<\/a>: \u201cSenate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell defended a lawsuit to undo the Affordable Care Act\u2019s protection of insurance for pre-existing health conditions even though it\u2019s become a problem for Republican candidates in the campaign for control of Congress.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Repeatedly this week, Mitch McConnell made it very clear what Republicans plan to do if they pick up seats in the midterm elections. 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