Health Care
Senator Schumer understands that high health care costs are putting a financial squeeze on American families and making it harder for them to receive the health care they need. That is why he successfully led the fight to pass a new law that makes lower-cost generic drugs available to consumers more quickly than before—a measure that experts say made prescriptions more affordable for millions of Americans. When the health care funding squeeze impacts New York state’s medical centers, Senator Schumer is the lead advocate for hospital and community health center funding and led the fight to secure $11 billion in emergency Medicaid assistance to New York in the recently passed economic stimulus package. Today, Senator Schumer is working closely with the Obama Administration and key leaders in Congress to reform the health care system so that all Americans can afford to lead healthy, long lives.
