QUICK CLIP: Sen. Ossoff: Republicans’ Refusal to Extend ACA Tax Credits is a “Disaster for People’s Health and People’s Finances” [CNN]

Senator Jon Ossoff on CNN’s Inside Politics: “I think [the ACA subsidies expiring are] a political disaster for the GOP, but that is much, much less significant than the fact it’s a disaster for people’s health and people’s finances”

In case you missed it, Georgia Senator Jon Ossoff joined CNN’s Manu Raju this weekend to discuss the “life and death” impact of Republicans’ refusal to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits on “more than a million Georgians [and] tens of millions of Americans across the country.”

See for yourself:

Senator JON OSSOFF on CNN’s Inside Politics: “I think [the ACA tax credits expiring are] a political disaster for the GOP, but that is much, much less significant than the fact it’s a disaster for people’s health and people’s finances. Half a million Georgians, it’s projected, will lose their insurance altogether. More than a million Georgians will see their premiums double or worse. It’s tens of millions of Americans across the country.

So the politics are clear. But that’s not the most important part of this. We really are talking about life and death. Maybe that gets lost sometimes in the drama inside the Beltway. The vote that members cast, whether to extend these tax credits, means people will live or people will die. It means people will flourish or people will face financial ruin. That’s the power and responsibility that we have as Senators. We should put the politics aside and do the right thing.

[…]

And right now, the question is whether or not we can do the right thing in the Senate and extend these Affordable Care Act benefits so that my constituents don’t face preventable health crises, don’t face death from treatable illness, and don’t face financial ruin at a time when the cost of living is out of control.

[…]

The question for Georgians next year is going to be a judgment on this economy. It’s going to be a judgment on what’s happening to their health insurance plans. It’s going to be a judgment on this administration’s record and whether an out-of-control president who’s engaged in brazen and overt corruption and the abuse of power needs to be constrained. We need to restore checks and balances urgently.

READ MORE ABOUT THE GOP HEALTH CARE CRISIS IN GEORGIA: 

• Roughly 350,000 Georgians will lose health insurance, and around 1.4 million will see costs increase by 85% – an average of $528.
• Buddy Carter voted to fully or partially repeal the Affordable Care Act nine times and claimed he was a “leader in crafting” Republicans’ toxic plan that is spiking health insurance costs. Carter also voted against creating and extending the Affordable Care Act tax credits that are helping keep costs from rising.
• Mike Collins called the Affordable Care Act “the number one threat to our economy” and called to “defund, repeal, and replace it. Collins “helped whip votes to pass” – and then voted for Republicans’ toxic plan that is spiking health insurance costs. Collins also voted against creating the Affordable Care Act tax credits that are helping keep costs from rising.
• Derek Dooley supported Republicans’ toxic plan that is spiking health insurance costs.