{"id":1335,"date":"2017-05-24T20:52:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-24T20:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/democrats.org\/blog\/2017\/05\/24\/perez-on-cbo-score\/"},"modified":"2017-05-24T20:52:00","modified_gmt":"2017-05-24T20:52:00","slug":"perez-on-cbo-score","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/perez-on-cbo-score\/","title":{"rendered":"Perez on CBO Score"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=us-ascii\"><meta name=\"Generator\" content=\"Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)\"><!--[if !mso]>\n\n<style>v\\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}\no\\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}\nw\\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}\n.shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}\n<\/style>\n\n<![endif]--><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><!--\n\/* Font Definitions *\/\n@font-face\n\t{font-family:Wingdings;\n\tpanose-1:5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0;}\n@font-face\n\t{font-family:\"Cambria Math\";\n\tpanose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 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more than $800 billion cut to Medicaid. They were celebrating higher costs for older Americans and people with serious illnesses. They were celebrating higher profits for insurance companies and health plans without critical benefits like maternity care and life-saving opioid addiction treatment. But most of all, they were celebrating a big fat tax cut for millionaires and billionaires like Trump. This bill is a cruel betrayal of the people they were elected to serve. Democrats believe health care is a right for all, and we will continue to fight every Republican assault on hardworking families.&rdquo;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt\">\n<p><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">If Trumpcare becomes law:&nbsp;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol\"><span style=\"mso-list:Ignore\">&middot;<span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font:7.0pt \" times=\"\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><b><span georgia=\"\" 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