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On the first day of open enrollment for Affordable Care Act health care coverage, here\u2019s your reminder that MAGA Republicans are hellbent on taking away affordable health care from millions of Americans who rely on it \u2014 which would send their out-of-pocket costs for lifesaving care skyrocketing.

Under President Biden\u2019s leadership, a record number of Americans enrolled in health care coverage on the Affordable Care Act marketplaces \u2014 which is providing more Americans with affordable coverage than ever before.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Associated Press<\/a>: \u201cA record 16.3 million people sought health insurance through the Affordable Care Act this year, double the number covered when the marketplaces first launched nearly a decade ago, the Biden administration announced Wednesday. More than 3 million new members joined the marketplace, also known as \u2018Obamacare,\u2019 according to the Department of Health and Human Services.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Press Release, Department of Health and Human Services<\/a>: \u201cNew HHS Report Shows National Uninsured Rate Reached All-Time Low in 2023 After Record-Breaking ACA Enrollment Period\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2024 Republicans have shameful records of trying to rip away access to affordable health care coverage from millions of Americans who rely on it. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NBC News<\/a>: \u201cTrump<\/strong> approved a surprise decision to push for the complete elimination of the Affordable Care Act in the courts. If it succeeded, millions of Americans would lose private insurance or Medicaid coverage and the health care system would be thrown into chaos.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NPR<\/a>: \u201cThe very day President Trump<\/strong> was sworn in \u2014 Jan. 20, 2017 \u2014 he signed an executive order instructing administration officials \u2018to waive, defer, grant exemptions from, or delay\u2019 implementing parts of the Affordable Care Act, while Congress got ready to repeal and replace President Obama’s signature health law.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Live News 5<\/a>: \u201cGov. Haley<\/strong> speaks against Affordable Care Act, SC prepares for key deadline\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HuffPost<\/a>: \u201cAs a Republican serving in the U.S. House, [DeSantis<\/strong>] was part of a far-right caucus that voted against the first ACA repeal bill that leadership brought to the floor because, DeSantis and his allies said, it didn\u2019t undo enough of the law\u2019s protections for people with pre-existing conditions. GOP leaders eventually put forward a more aggressive repeal. DeSantis and his colleagues voted yes on that one, but it failed in the Senate.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

New York Times<\/a>: Tim Scott<\/strong> voted for all three major Republican-led proposals to repeal the Affordable Care Act in 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Politico<\/a>: \u201cDespite the fact that millions of people had enrolled in Obamacare, the health law remains a \u2018failure on a whole number of levels\u2019 and should be repealed, Christie<\/strong> said. But, he added, Republicans must also offer a concrete replacement. The conversation, he said \u2018must start from a position of repeal.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reuters<\/a>: \u201cGovernor Asa Hutchinson<\/strong> of Arkansas has signed legislation that will end by 2017 the state\u2019s innovative but controversial adaptation of the Affordable Care Act, which has provided nearly 190,000 residents with health coverage.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HealthInsurance.org<\/a>: \u201cIn late 2017, Burgum<\/strong> and 19 other Republican governors wrote a letter to Congress, urging lawmakers to repeal the ACA.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Newly-elected Speaker MAGA Mike has fought to rip away access to affordable care from hardworking Americans for years \u2014 he has not only pushed to repeal the Affordable Care Act, but he also voted against the Inflation Reduction Act, which has lowered health care costs for millions of Americans. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Press Release, Office of Congressman Mike Johnson<\/a>: \u201cU.S. Rep. Mike Johnson joined 11 other freshman members of Congress in a letter published Tuesday by Fox News urging the U.S. Senate to act on repealing the Affordable Care Act.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hill<\/a>: \u201cAs chair of the conservative Republican Study Commission, he has backed health care proposals that the GOP has espoused for years, including a repeal of the Affordable Care Act.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daily Beast<\/a>: \u201cRep. Mike Johnson (R-LA), a member of House GOP leadership, said \u2018I assume\u2019 Republicans would move to repeal [the Inflation Reduction Act], but indicated it was still early.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And Republican presidential hopefuls have railed against expanding Medicaid in their own states \u2014 leaving millions of Americans uninsured, forced to pay outrageous out-of-pocket costs, or without lifesaving care. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

HuffPost<\/a>: \u201cWhile Ron DeSantis<\/strong> Is Fighting Culture Wars, Millions Of Floridians Are Losing Their Health Care\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NBC News<\/a>: \u201cHaley<\/strong> opposed efforts to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act (South Carolina remains just one of 11 states that hasn\u2019t expanded Medicaid to allow more Americans to have health insurance).\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New York Times<\/a>: \u201cYoungkin<\/strong> said it was \u2018a sad thing\u2019 that Virginia had expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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