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Moosepoop

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3. That statement in the article is inaccurate.

Wed Jun 4, 2025, 10:41 AM

Jun 2025

It was sent to Senators Ron Wyden and Bernie Sanders.

https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/proposed-federal-budget-could-lead-to-over-51000-preventable-deaths-researchers-warn-in-letter-to-senate-leaders/

Addressed to the Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Sen. Ron Wyden and Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Ranking Member Sen. Bernie Sanders, the letter presents science-based projections of the human toll of eliminating key health protections. The findings point to catastrophic public health consequences from mass insurance losses and cuts to nursing home standards—provisions supported by the House bill.

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The science information presented in the letter was produced in response to a request for technical assistance from the Senate Finance Committee and the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & and Pensions (HELP) regarding the potential mortality effects of several provisions in the House-passed reconciliation bill.

Wyden's and Sanders' committees requested the assistance from Yale and the University of Pennsylvania. The resulting letter was then sent to the heads of those respective committees.

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Why did they send it only to Democrats? marybourg Jun 2025 #1

That statement in the article is inaccurate. Moosepoop Jun 2025 #3

Thank you for following up on that. I can see where the idea that it marybourg Jun 2025 #5

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If Dems mount an aggressive campaign with a strong candidate, they could pick up Ernest's seat in 2026. Nt Fiendish Thingy Jun 2025 #4