The special interests propping up Republican Senate candidates unveiled a new push to sabotage health care, making coverage even more expensive and ending coverage for pre-existing conditions. Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee spokesman David Bergstein released the following statement:
“Health care costs are going up, insurance rates are rising, and Americans aren’t going to the doctor because they worry more about the cost than they do about getting sick – but Republicans want to make it even harder for middle class families. This new push from the same special interests backing Republican Senate candidates is a reminder the GOP will not give up its crusade to sink Americans’ health care. Voters will hold these groups and their candidates accountable this fall.”
The special interests fighting to make Americans’ health care more expensive are also propping up these candidates:
IN – former state Representative Mike Braun
MI – John James
MO – Josh Hawley
MT – Matt Rosendale
TN – Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn
WV – Patrick Morrisey
WI – Kevin Nicholson
New estimates from the Urban Institute and Center for American Progress have found that premiums across the country will increase by an average of 10 percent due to Republican efforts to sabotage the insurance system. A report in Forbes found that over 40 percent of Americans skipped going to the doctor when they were sick or injured last year because of the high cost of care and CNBC found that Americans are “more afraid of medical bills than an actual illness.” Consumers for Quality Care found that 85 percent of Americans are concerned about health care costs, with health care topping other cost concerns such as retirement or housing, while CBS found that, by a two-to-one margin, voters “say they’ve been hurt, not helped, by the GOP’s changes to the health care laws.”
That’s why health care remains top of mind for voters: the latest HuffPost/YouGov poll found “American voters are more likely to say they’re focused about health care than any other issue” and Kaiser Health reported that the majority of Americans are “worried about their out-of-pocket costs increasing so high that” they won’t be able to afford care.
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