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 North Carolinians rely on. Senator Thom Tillis voted for this tax giveaway, helping spark the dangerous lawsuit that could end critical health care protections including pre-existing conditions coverage, maternity care, and allowing kids to stay on their parents’ insurance until age 26.
“When Republicans failed to tear down the health care law in Congress, Senator Tillis fretted that ‘donations had fallen off a cliff,’” said DSCC spokesperson Stewart Boss. “Then he turned around and helped pass a toxic tax giveaway that not only gave massive breaks to corporations and the wealthiest Americans, but also gave Republicans a new way to gut their constituents’ care. Senator Tillis has backed every piece of his party’s reckless health care agenda — just one more reason North Carolinians don’t trust him to fight for them.”
Senator Tillis has said he supports “anything” that takes the health law “off the table,” including using his party’s toxic tax giveaway to trigger a reckless lawsuit that could gut health protections for North Carolinians. Instead of working to protect his constituents’ care, Tillis and vulnerable Senate Republicans have resorted to 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 Senator Tillis accountable for his role in the GOP’s anti-health care lawsuit, running digital ads spotlighting his consistent failure to protect North Carolinians’ care.
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