American Health Care Act

Rep. Lee Zeldin said today the proposed shift of responsibility for Medicaid funding from the county to the state "single-handily flips Suffolk County's recurring massive nine figure budget deficits into budget surpluses."

Do we really want all Americans to have access to health care — effective, affordable health care? When people can’t afford to buy it on their own, should the rest of us pay? Is health care a right? Or is it privilege?

Rep. Lee Zeldin, an outspoken critic of the Affordable Care Act, which he has called a "disaster," discusses the American Health Care Act in a RiverheadLOCAL interview.