House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and other leaders said on July 1 that every Democrat in the chamber will vote against the Republican-led budget megabill, calling it a threat to health care access, food assistance, and the broader economy.
Jeffries said in a separate press conference on the same day that the bill would eliminate health coverage for 17 million Americans, reduce funding for Medicaid, Medicare, and the Affordable Care Act, and raise out-of-pocket costs for those on private insurance.
The bill “will set in motion a potential economic death spiral by increasing the nation’s debt by more than $3 trillion,” Jeffries said on Tuesday, calling it “dangerous and extreme.”…