Van Hollen: This Administration is Hell-Bent on Decimating Americans’ Health

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement in response to the Trump Administration’s announcement on the Department of Health and Human Services:

“This Administration is hell-bent on decimating important protections for Americans’ health – gutting agencies that ensure the safety of our food and medicine, conduct lifesaving research into treatments and cures for diseases that impact so many American families, and oversee the health coverage of over 160 million Americans through Medicare, Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program, and the ACA. This is idiocy – not efficiency. It will endanger American lives, make it harder for folks to access their health care, halt progress on promising research, and more. This is yet another example of the Trump Administration’s great betrayal – instead of working to lower costs for working people, they’re stripping away vital services to create a government that only serves the richest of the rich. We will fight these actions tooth and nail – so our hard-working federal employees, including those in Maryland at NIH, FDA, and CMS, can continue to deliver critical services to the American people.”