Chuck Schumer: McConnell will take away your healthcare coverage

By Caitlin Yilek

Published October 23, 2018 12:12pm ET

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Chuck Schumer: McConnell will take away your healthcare coverage — The comments came just as the Congressional Budget Office estimated that the bill would leave an additional 22 million uninsured compared to Obamacare and reduce the deficit by $321 billion over a 10-year period. | (AP images)

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., implored voters to elect Democrats in the November midterm elections by warning that they could see their healthcare coverage repealed under a Republican-controlled Congress.

In an op-ed published in USA Today on Tuesday, Schumer argued that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has given Democrats an edge by admitting Republicans would try again to repeal Obamacare if they maintain control of Congress.

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