Henry McMaster Receives Waiver to Allow South Carolinians to Die Without Healthcare
Columbia, SC — Today Henry McMaster announced that South Carolina has received a waiver he asked for from the US Department of Health and Human Services that allows the state to require that medicaid beneficiaries be employed to receive coverage. SCDP Chair Trav Robertson released the following statement:
“Our governor has sentenced people in South Carolina to death,” Robertson said. “The Trump administration, who granted this waiver, has given permission to Henry McMaster to rip healthcare away from South Carolinians. Potentially tens of thousands of insured South Carolinians will completely lose access to affordable and life saving healthcare for no reason other than Henry’s attempt to sure up his base.”
“States that received these waivers have had to go through lengthy, expensive legal battles to protect them. The last thing South Carolina needs is Henry McMaster using peoples lives as political tools.”
“How does he canvas in communities like Belle Meade, looking for votes when he is denying access to healthcare in communities of color and rural SC? This will not only hurt people who lose their jobs, but will take coverage away from children whose parents can’t work.”
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