So this happened today. No, not Republicans deciding they had to take care of the nation's children and finally passing funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program. No, not that at all.
This: House Republicans voted on their tax cuts bill that would immediately slash $25 billion from Medicare should it pass the Senate, and would give the wealthy a pretty major cash infusion. Like $1 billion to one specific wealthy family.
In fact, Trump and his heirs potentially could save more than $1 billion overall under the GOP tax proposal that the House of Representatives passed Thursday, with most of that amount coming from a repeal of the estate tax, according to an analysis NBC News commissioned of Trump’s one known 2005 tax return and his estimated net worth.
Nine million children could lose coverage in a matter of weeks. Additionally, 25 million people could lose health care at community health centers, which also haven't been funded since Sept. 30. States are now preparing letters to send to families to tell them their coverage is going to end. In some states coverage will end next month, in some the month after. So that's some Christmas greeting for these families to be receiving.
Jam the phone lines of House and Senate Republicans. Call (202) 224-3121, and tell them to stop holding kids hostage and to pass a clean funding bill for CHIP and community health centers.