Ritchie Torres

Look, if you are... A $715 billion... defunding of Medicaid is going to reduce funding for every safety net hospital, for every hospital in America, which means less care for everyone, not simply for the population you're targeting. You're reducing funding for the overall system. And I also feel like we should be a compassionate society.

Look, if you are... A $715 billion... defunding of Medicaid is going to reduce funding for every safety net hospital, for every hospital in America, which means less care for everyone, not simply for the population you're targeting. You're reducing funding for the overall system. And I also feel like we should be a compassionate society.

If you're an undocumented immigrant and you have a heart attack, are the Republicans suggesting that you should not get emergency care? And that care should not be covered by the federal government. Is that the kind of society that we want to live in, that we want people to be left to die because of their immigration status or because of their income?

If you're an undocumented immigrant and you have a heart attack, are the Republicans suggesting that you should not get emergency care? And that care should not be covered by the federal government. Is that the kind of society that we want to live in, that we want people to be left to die because of their immigration status or because of their income?

If you're an undocumented immigrant and you have a heart attack, are the Republicans suggesting that you should not get emergency care? And that care should not be covered by the federal government. Is that the kind of society that we want to live in, that we want people to be left to die because of their immigration status or because of their income?

Like the consequences of what they're proposing are barbaric.

Like the consequences of what they're proposing are barbaric.

Like the consequences of what they're proposing are barbaric.

I do not buy that you can surgically target undocumented immigrants without destabilizing the overall system. I mean, even today, we are underinvesting in long-term care. There are 800,000 people on the waiting list for Medicaid-funded long-term care. And we're an aging society, so more and more people are going to be living longer and longer. Their health care needs will become more complex.

I do not buy that you can surgically target undocumented immigrants without destabilizing the overall system. I mean, even today, we are underinvesting in long-term care. There are 800,000 people on the waiting list for Medicaid-funded long-term care. And we're an aging society, so more and more people are going to be living longer and longer. Their health care needs will become more complex.

I do not buy that you can surgically target undocumented immigrants without destabilizing the overall system. I mean, even today, we are underinvesting in long-term care. There are 800,000 people on the waiting list for Medicaid-funded long-term care. And we're an aging society, so more and more people are going to be living longer and longer. Their health care needs will become more complex.

The need for long-term care will rise over time. And most of the hospitals in places like New York are either teetering on the brink or underwater.

The need for long-term care will rise over time. And most of the hospitals in places like New York are either teetering on the brink or underwater.

The need for long-term care will rise over time. And most of the hospitals in places like New York are either teetering on the brink or underwater.

I mean, Medicare is what we have. It's inherently expensive. I mean, nursing homes are expensive. Assisted living is expensive. I think we should be advocating for home care, allowing people to age at home and age in place. But there's no escaping the problem in America is not that we're investing too much in long-term care. The problem is that we're investing too little.

I mean, Medicare is what we have. It's inherently expensive. I mean, nursing homes are expensive. Assisted living is expensive. I think we should be advocating for home care, allowing people to age at home and age in place. But there's no escaping the problem in America is not that we're investing too much in long-term care. The problem is that we're investing too little.

I mean, Medicare is what we have. It's inherently expensive. I mean, nursing homes are expensive. Assisted living is expensive. I think we should be advocating for home care, allowing people to age at home and age in place. But there's no escaping the problem in America is not that we're investing too much in long-term care. The problem is that we're investing too little.

You know, innovations like telehealth can make a difference. So, you know, I have a constituent who is caring for her father who has Alzheimer's and she would have to wake up five hours before his appointment in order to pick him up from his bed and bathe him and feed him and clothe him and then bring him down the stairs. Like the process of bringing him to the hospital was arduous.

You know, innovations like telehealth can make a difference. So, you know, I have a constituent who is caring for her father who has Alzheimer's and she would have to wake up five hours before his appointment in order to pick him up from his bed and bathe him and feed him and clothe him and then bring him down the stairs. Like the process of bringing him to the hospital was arduous.

You know, innovations like telehealth can make a difference. So, you know, I have a constituent who is caring for her father who has Alzheimer's and she would have to wake up five hours before his appointment in order to pick him up from his bed and bathe him and feed him and clothe him and then bring him down the stairs. Like the process of bringing him to the hospital was arduous.