A series of new reports put the GOP’s continued attacks on health care “under a new microscope” as Republicans continue to target pre-existing conditions coverage protections and other benefits even in the middle of an escalating public health crisis. Combined with an ongoing political crusade to “terminate” the Affordable Care Act through the courts and an irresponsible decision to refuse to reopen health insurance enrollment in the Affordable Care Act’s federal marketplace, health care is becoming an even more significant vulnerability for Republicans in the 2020 election.
Every single Republican incumbent and candidate has either voted to repeal the health care law or expressed support for tearing it down. Not one has taken meaningful action to stop the Republican lawsuit against the ACA.
In a sign of growing GOP concerns, one top Republican donor even admitted that the party’s lack of a plan to help the rising number of uninsured Americans “seems to be a blind spot” because health care “could be a massive political liability in the fall” and could prove to be Trump’s “Achilles’ heel in November.”
“With their lawsuit to eliminate coverage protections for pre-existing conditions and other benefits headed to the Supreme Court next month, Republicans are facing more scrutiny for doubling down on their unpopular repeal agenda as this public health crisis grows,” said DSCC spokesperson Stewart Boss. “Even GOP allies are admitting the party’s lack of any real plan beyond dismantling the health care law and gutting its protections is toxic, and making it harder for millions of Americans to get coverage in the middle of an escalating pandemic will only raise more concerns for voters.”
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NBC News: ‘His Achilles’ heel’: Coronavirus crisis highlights Trump’s lack of health care plan
The president remains committed to eliminating Obamacare as some allies worry that his lack of a replacement vision will damage him in the fall election.
By Sahil Kapur
April 6, 2020
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CNN: Trump’s fight against Obamacare continues despite coronavirus crisis
By Gregory Krieg and Tami Luhby, CNN
April 4, 2020
Associated Press: Democrats elevate health care as virus-era campaign argument
By Alexandra Jaffe
April 3, 2020
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