Every year, Chuck commits to traveling to all62 counties in New York to meet with constituents.
10/14/20 - Warning that the Supreme Court will hear a case on future of healthcare in less than a month and standing with the Health & Welfare Council along with Long Island families that have pre-existing health conditions themselves --or care for those who do-- U.S. Senator Charles Schumer revealed that more than 1.2 million Long Islanders between the ages of newborn and 64 years have pre-existing health conditions like asthma, diabetes, high blood pressure, even cancers—and yes, now possibly COVID. Schumer explained that federal healthcare protections for Long Island families is at stake with the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court and the pending case regarding the ACA.
“The Long Island families here today are fighting for other families—the sick and the healthy—because they know each and every one of us is just one diagnosis away from a pre-existing condition,” said Schumer. “The fact is, Long Island families with pre-existing conditions have deep worry for what the Supreme Court could do to them. With more than a million people on this Island alone potentially impacted we have to raise our voices, make our case and keep up the fight.”