A driving force behind the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi used the 16th anniversary of the ACA to celebrate the law’s life-saving legacy and sound the alarm on Republicans’ war on American health care. Speaker Emerita Pelosi joined Protect Our Care in California on Monday to warn that Republicans’ efforts to rip away premium tax credits, slash Medicaid, and undermine the ACA are driving up costs, threatening coverage, and putting millions of families at risk. You can watch the full event here, read the post-event release here, and learn more about Trump and Republicans’ all-out assault on health care here.
“Nancy Pelosi’s leadership was instrumental in delivering affordable, life-saving coverage to millions across the country, securing protections for people with pre-existing conditions, and lowering costs for working families,” said Protect Our Care President Brad Woodhouse. “Now, she continues to be a forceful advocate, fighting to ensure health care remains a right, not a privilege, and calling out Republican efforts to dismantle and sabotage our health care system to benefit billionaires like Donald Trump. This is why we refer to her as ‘Speaker ACA.’”
“Republican Members of Congress have brazenly voted against the interest of their districts where two-thirds of their constituents are on Medicaid […]. In California, large numbers of Republican voters support Medicaid,” said Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi. “Remember this: in the Republican bill, they took a trillion dollars out of Medicaid and half a trillion dollars out of Medicare.”
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- KPFA: Protect Our Care Sounds the Alarm on Health Care Attacks on ACA Anniversary
- KTXL: Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Protect Our Care CA Sound the Alarm Over Rising Insurance Costs on ACA Anniversary
- KNSD: Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Join Protect Our Care CA to Call on Congress to Reverse Health Care Cuts
- KNBC: Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Join Protect Our Care CA to Call on Congress to Reverse Health Care Cuts
- MSN: On 16th Anniversary of ACA, CA Leaders Call On GOP to Reverse Cuts
- Public News Service: On 16th Anniversary of ACA, CA Leaders Call On GOP to Reverse Cuts
- Noticias Estrella 62: 16 Years of Obamacare (story begins at 11:57)
- Lassen News: Lofgren and Lieu Join Protect Our Care California to Call On Congress to Reverse GOP Health Care Cuts on the 16th Anniversary of the Affordable Care Act