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Merkley Slams Trump Health Care Sabotage

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement after President Donald Trump announced late Thursday night that the Trump administration will stop paying health care Cost Sharing Reduction (CSR) payments. Without the CSR payments, health insurance rates will see double digit increases—in many cases, 20% or more.

Merkley Statement on New Health Care CBO Score

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley issued the following statement after the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released their analysis of the latest Republican health care bill: “Even though Republicans tried to rush the CBO so that they wouldn’t be able to give the full details on this diabolical

Merkley: It’s Time to Improve, Not Destroy Health Care

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement after President Trump said he wants to let the Affordable Care Act “fail” and replace it after it crashes:  “With the Republican TrumpCare bill dead, President Trump is actively rooting for insurers to leave markets and raise premiums – problems his

Merkley Statement on CBO Report

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement after the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its report analyzing the House-passed AHCA, or TrumpCare 2.0: “This devastating report confirms what we suspected: TrumpCare 2.0 is even worse than TrumpCare 1.0. No wonder House Republicans rushed to pass it

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