A new Kaiser Family Foundation report this morning reveals that the Republican lawsuit to strike down the entire Affordable Care Act, which would eliminate protections for people with pre-existing conditions and kick an estimated 20 million Americans off their health insurance, will likely “alienate the independent voters.” Even worse for Senate Republicans who have enabled this toxic lawsuit, the data shows that “going after popular ACA consumer protections may even create some vulnerability” among Republican voters. The new report is the latest evidence that the GOP’s crusade to attack pre-existing conditions coverage protections, Medicaid expansion, and other health care benefits while giving the richest 0.1% a massive tax windfall is deeply toxic with swing voters across the country.
Every Republican senator voted for the GOP tax bill that set this reckless lawsuit in motion. Even now, in the middle of a pandemic that has left millions of Americans unemployed and newly uninsured, not one Republican incumbent or candidate has taken meaningful steps to stop the Republican-led lawsuit against the ACA –– and they still have “no plan” to help the millions of Americans who would lose coverage if the popular health care law is struck down.
Check out what Republicans have said defending this toxic GOP lawsuit:
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