Schumer Statement on the Upton Amendment: High Risk Pools Are the Real Death Panels

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer released the statement below on the proposed Upton Amendment:

“The proposed Upton amendment is like administering cough medicine to someone with stage 4 cancer. This Republican amendment leaves Americans with preexisting conditions as vulnerable as they were before under this bill. High-risk pools are the real death panels: they mean waiting forever in line for unaffordable health insurance.”