U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin Demands Trump Administration Release Secret Plan to Undermine Health Care System Presented to House Freedom Caucus

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U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) today joined Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) and a group of 19 Senators in sending a letter to Tom Price, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), calling on the Trump Administration to release a secret plan that was presented to the House Freedom Caucus. In a bid to win the far right group's support, reports indicate that the Administration identified specific Affordable Care Act (ACA) rules that the Administration would gut in exchange for the Freedom Caucus' support. With President Trump and Speaker Paul Ryan, determined to push-on with their disastrous health care scheme, the release of the Administration's planned actions is vital.

"Rather than continuing down this path, we request that you heed Democrats' calls to stop working to repeal the ACA and stop taking actions that would undermine our health care system. In order to provide much needed oversight and transparency regarding the Administration's path forward on the ACA, please provide the document that was presented to Congressional Republicans on March 23, 2017, which outlined ACA regulations the Administration could repeal on its own," the Senators wrote. "We hope you will set aside your plans to unravel these regulations so that we can move forward to improve our health care system, but until you make the commitment, we will continue our efforts to hold you accountable."

The letter was also signed by Senators Tom Carper (D-DE), Patty Murray (D-WA), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Edward Markey (D-MA), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Jack Reed (D-RI), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Chris Murphy (D-CT), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Tom Udall (D-NM), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Maggie Hassen (D-NH), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Ben Cardin (D-MD).

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