House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi slammed a leaked draft plan to repeal and replace Obamacare, saying it cuts coverage and amounts to a tax break for the wealthy.
“While Republicans hide from their constituents, they are moving down an increasingly cruel path to raise taxes on middle-class families and dismantle Americans’ right to affordable health care,” she said Friday.
Pelosi’s statement comes a few hours after leaked draft legislation was released by Politico Friday. The draft, dated Feb. 10, would cut Obamacare’s mandates and taxes and pay for a replacement by capping tax breaks on employer-sponsored health plans.
“The latest Republican reconciliation bill will result in millions of Americans losing their health coverage and shorten the life of the Medicare Trust Fund,” Pelosi said.
House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer called the plan “glaringly dangerous.”
“Not only would it force working families to pay more for less coverage, it would make drastic cuts to Medicaid and cause millions to lose their coverage altogether. This bill would rescind critical consumer protections and slash benefits.”
It is not clear how different the final legislation will be from the draft, which hasn’t been titled or numbered yet.
House Speaker Paul Ryan has said lawmakers plan to introduce a bill by early March.
