KDP Condemns Kentucky Republicans for Approving the Largest Loss of Health Care in U.S. History

FRANKFORT, Ky. – Today, moments after Congress sent a billionaire-first budget to the president’s desk, Kentucky Democratic Party (KDP) Chair Colmon Elridge released the following statement on the huge loss this represents for rural health care, working families and our Commonwealth at large:

“Today, Republican members of Kentucky’s Congressional Delegation approved the largest loss of health care in U.S. history. This budget kicks hundreds of thousands of Kentuckians off of Medicaid and forces rural families, regardless of their insurer, to leave their communities for basic care. Our Commonwealth will lose more than $12.3 billion in rural health care funding — more than any other state — shutting down as many as 35 rural hospitals and firing 20,000 health care workers. The long-term outcome of the GOP’s gross betrayal is an indefensible truth: rural clinics, hospitals, nursing homes and addiction recovery programs will disappear outside of big cities and Kentuckians who would otherwise have health care will lead shorter, sicker lives.”