“I Should Not Have to Make a Choice Between Living, Paying My Rent or Having Good Health,” Said Pamela Blackstone, a Grandmom and Caretaker From Atlanta. [WRDW]
Millions of Americans are feeling the pinch of spiraling health care costs. Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress ripped away the tax credits that more than 22 million Americans relied on to see a doctor when they’re sick — all to bankroll tax breaks for billionaires like Elon Musk and big corporations swimming in cash on Wall Street. As a result, health care premiums soared from hundreds to thousands of dollars more a month for hard-working families, triggering a gut-wrenching affordability crisis: Pennsylvanians, like Lynn from Allentown, are reeling after her premiums spiked from $400 to $700 a month, forcing impossible decisions about what to sacrifice just to make ends meet. Georgians, like Pamela from Atlanta, “have to make a choice between living, paying rent or having good health” after her premiums skyrocketed from $80 to $412 a month.
New data shows that one in five Americans who bought insurance on their own couldn’t make their first month’s payment and lost the coverage that keeps them alive and healthy. They are the millions of Lynns and Pamelas nationwide whom Trump and Republicans in Congress pulled the rug out from under to make their rich donors richer. And instead of lowering health care costs, Republicans are prioritizing billions for Trump’s gold-plated ballroom, bombs, and even more billionaire tax breaks. Come November, voters at the ballot box will remember exactly who is responsible for throwing their care out of reach.
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