WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- The Democrats on the House Ways & Means Committee issued the following press release:
WASHINGTON, DC-Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released anew reportthat shows that Republicans' Big, Ugly, Law will deplete the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund 12 years earlier than previously estimated:
"In the latest blow from the Republican assault on health care, the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, which pays for Medicare benefits, is being depleted by a staggering 12 years earlier than previously estimated. This report confirms Trump's economy and Republicans' Big, Ugly, Law, with their billionaire tax cuts and wealthy hand...