Appearing in a press conference, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries claimed that if the "Big Beautiful Bill" passes, "people will die" as a consequence. Jeffries called it the "GOP Tax Scam" and then claimed that people "across the country will pay higher premiums, co-pays and deductibles because of this unprecedented attack on Medicaid, Medicare and the Affordable Care Act."
He then claimed, "Hospitals will close, nursing homes will shut down and people will die if the GOP Tax Scam ever becomes law."
Sen. Chuck Schumer took a similar tact earlier this week, claiming that the "Big Beautiful Bill" should be named the "We are all Going to Die Act," and took aim at how the bill is restructuring Medicaid as well as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The bill establishes work requirements of 80 hours a month, or the equivalent of a part-time job, for those who are between the ages of 19 and 64 and are able-bodied.
Under how the bill is written currently, those requirements will not go into effect until 2026, per ABC News. For SNAP, the bill raises the age for work requirements from 54 to 64, and that parents who have children older than 6 years old to also work in order to receive SNAP funds.
Schumer claimed that the GOP senators are "tenured at best, suicidal at worst," insinuating that the package will lead to poor elections for the GOP. "For many Americans, health care coverage is the difference between life and death."
Schumer later added, "When public sentiment hears about this 'We're All Going to Die Act,' they're going to hate it, and they're going to tell their senators they hate it. And if the senators think they can get away with a yes vote and explain it, they're sadly mistaken. The cuts are too deep. The cuts are too real. The cuts are too devastating for people."
He then said that GOP lawmakers were being "mean" as well as "cruel” for drafting the policies.
