Berger, Tillis Respond to Blueprint Eviscerators’ Press Gaggle | Eastern North Carolina Now

For Immediate Release:

    Raleigh, N.C.     Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) and House Speaker Thom Tillis (R-Mecklenburg) issued the following joint statement Monday in response to a handful of representatives from liberal special interest groups calling for an expansion of Medicaid. The activists hosted a press gaggle which was as well attended by political reporters as by protesters.
Representatives from liberal special interest groups calling for an expansion of Medicaid: Above.
    "An expansion of Medicaid would cost North Carolina taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars through 2021. How do these Democratic party front groups suggest we pay for it - how many teachers are they willing to fire? How high are they willing to raise the sales tax on groceries and medicine? How much are they willing to cut doctors' and hospitals' reimbursement rates?

    "If these liberal activists were truly serious about reducing the cost of health insurance, they would be in Washington protesting Obamacare - an abomination that has caused insurance premiums to skyrocket for working families."

    Contacts:

Phil Berger,     President Pro Tempore, North Carolina Senate

2007 Legislative Building
    Raleigh, NC 27601     (919) 733-5708

Thom Tillis,         Speaker of the House, North Carolina House of Representatives

2304 Legislative Building
Raleigh, NC 27601     (919) 733-3451

    Further Contacts:

Amy Auth (Berger), (919) 301-1737     Shelly Carver (Berger), 919-301-1744
Chris Hayes (Tillis), (919) 733-3451