{"id":1004085,"date":"2019-03-28T17:29:17","date_gmt":"2019-03-28T21:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1004085"},"modified":"2024-05-23T20:07:37","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T20:07:37","slug":"senator-mcsally-lies-about-her-support-for-protecting-arizonans-with-pre-existing-conditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/senator-mcsally-lies-about-her-support-for-protecting-arizonans-with-pre-existing-conditions\/","title":{"rendered":"Senator McSally Lies About Her Support For Protecting Arizonans With Pre-Existing Conditions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">As the Trump administration tries to overturn the Affordable Care Act, which ensures protections for as many as 2,794,358 Arizonans with pre-existing conditions, Senator McSally is lying to her constituents about her support for these vital protections.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">After the Trump administration announced its support for a lawsuit to overturn the ACA, McSally said she would protect pre-existing conditions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kjzz.org\/content\/842051\/arizona-sen-mcsally-reacts-trumps-call-obamacare-repeal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/kjzz.org\/content\/842051\/arizona-sen-mcsally-reacts-trumps-call-obamacare-repeal&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1554922393513000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHtMtUJzcrJPPP4y29cxyJ__F5qZw\">KJZZ 91.5<\/a>: \u201cThe Trump administration announced Tuesday it supports a full repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare. \u2018We must protect preexisting conditions,\u2019 said Sen. Martha McSally, R-Arizona, after the announcement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">But her record tells a different story: McSally voted to repeal the ACA, including its pre-existing condition protections.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politifact.com\/arizona\/statements\/2018\/oct\/30\/martha-mcsally\/fact-checking-martha-mcsally-pre-existing-conditio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.politifact.com\/arizona\/statements\/2018\/oct\/30\/martha-mcsally\/fact-checking-martha-mcsally-pre-existing-conditio\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1554922393513000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGqGquGWi2z6zIjN0hEFuw4arjSMQ\">Politifact<\/a>: \u201cHas McSally, an Air Force veteran, led the fight to \u2018force insurance companies to cover pre-existing conditions\u2019? That\u2019s not what her voting record shows. McSally in 2015 voted for a full repeal of the Affordable Care Act. In 2017, she voted for a repeal and replace bill that health care law experts say undermined the Affordable Care Act. It is the Affordable Care Act that forces insurers to cover pre-existing conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the Trump administration tries to overturn the Affordable Care Act, which ensures protections for as many as 2,794,358 Arizonans with pre-existing conditions, Senator McSally is lying to her constituents about her support for these vital protections. &nbsp; After the Trump administration announced its support for a lawsuit to overturn the ACA, McSally said she [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1004085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - 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