Two years ago today, Senate Republicans introduced a proposal to repeal the Affordable Care Act’s coverage requirement as part of their corporate tax giveaway, laying the foundation for the toxic GOP lawsuit that threatens to end health protections millions of Americans rely on — including pre-existing conditions coverage, maternity care, and allowing kids to stay on their parents’ insurance until age 26.
“Republicans used their tax law to undermine and attack health care protections and made the lawsuit in court today to eliminate pre-existing conditions coverage possible,” said DSCC spokesperson Stewart Boss. “Instead of owning their role in their party’s dangerous health care lawsuit and protecting their constituents’ care, spineless Republican Senators have been trying to duck accountability — or even backing the lawsuit outright. But voters know who’s responsible for these attacks on their care, and they’ll continue to reject Republicans’ toxic agenda on this critical issue.”
As a ruling could arrive any day in the toxic health care lawsuit they helped bring about, Senate Republicans have yet to take meaningful steps to protect their constituents’ health care protections, instead pushing sham bills that “don’t actually protect sick people” and trying to hide the fallout from this harmful lawsuit until after next year’s election.
The DSCC has been “laser focused” on holding Senate Republicans accountable for their role in their party’s anti-health care lawsuit, running digital ads spotlighting vulnerable incumbents’ failure to protect their constituents’ care.
Read more about Senate Republicans’ toxic efforts to end pre-existing conditions protections and other vital health care benefits:
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