WREX — Lieutenant Governor, Juliana Statton is sharing her thoughts on national healthcare. This as Senate Republicans have proposed a new budget that could bring major impacts.

Stratton shared her concerns surrounding President Donald Trump’s healthcare cuts in recent months. Having spoken with constituents, she believes what is happening on a national level is stripping people of their healthcare and knows from personal experience the dangers that can come with not having proper healthcare.

"I’ve seen other examples where healthcare has been stripped away. In fact, it’s why I ran for office in the first place. Back in 2015 caring for my mom who had Alzheimer’s, and I was her primary caregiver and at that time, our governor, Bruce Rauner, and my state representative were joining forces to strip away healthcare for seniors, the same kind of healthcare that my mom needed," Stratton said.

On top of getting rid of healthcare for people, Stratton also sees cuts doing damage in other ways.

"It’s a crisis when we think about what’s possible. We know that there are 3.4 million Illinoisans that are currently on Medicaid, 1.5 million of those are children. We know that there’s more than 400,000 Illinoisians that are employed by hospitals and healthcare systems right here in Illinois so we think about the jobs that will be lost," Stratton said.

Stratton also recently announced her run for the Senate, having served as Lieutenant Governor since 2019.

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