Washington, June 29 -- Congressman Joe Courtney issued the following press release:
Today, in a speech on the House floor, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) called (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1D0kVhfdMyUmgvXceM-JQM2QVBA97TsD1/view?usp=sharing) on Congress to block new health care cuts inflicted on vulnerable Americans by President Trump's Big Ugly Bill (H.R. 1).
This month, Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Department of Health and Human Services announced new restrictions on the "medical frailty" exemptions for Medicaid work requirements imposed by the Big Ugly Bill. Under the new restrictions, cancer patients and patients suffering from other debilitating diseases will be required to document that the disease actually impairs their...