Yesterday, Republicans put their priorities on display on the House floor — making them plain as day.
Repeal. Undo. Cancel. Roll back.
This is what House Republicans have decided to focus on first with their new majority in Congress.
At a moment when our country has the chance to come together, Republicans in Congress are prioritizing a measure that they know only serves to divide us — a vote to reinstate insurance company abuses that health insurance reform had remedied, and to take away benefits that are improving the lives of Americans right now.
Democrats fought long and hard for the reform that Republicans are now attempting to dismantle. Volunteers made countless calls, wrote notes to our lawmakers, and attended events to build support in communities in all 50 states. We talked to our friends and neighbors, and penned letters to the editors of our local papers. We did it because we knew reform would improve the lives of millions of Americans.
And even as I write this, that’s exactly what’s happening around the country. Reform is at work in the day-to-day lives of real people — from providers to patients, young adults to seniors, small-business owners to their employees. And unraveling those reforms comes at a real and meaningful cost.
We’re fighting back with a campaign to make sure folks know exactly how health insurance reform improves lives — and exactly what the Republicans’ repeal would mean for our country.
Donate $3 or more today to help fuel our work to get out the facts about reform — and the cold, hard facts of repeal.
In a world of political catchphrases, where there’s always a new story of the moment, it’s far too easy for substance to get lost in the shuffle. It’s far too easy for the sound bite of the moment — rather than the facts — to rule the day.
But when the truth is told, Americans are overwhelmingly against any bill that would put an end to the provisions in health reform.
Because repeal would mean returning to the days when insurance companies could deny coverage to those with pre-existing conditions — as many as half of Americans under 65.
It would mean that a 22-year-old currently covered by her parents’ insurance plan could get dropped again.
It would mean undoing steps to close the “donut hole” in prescription drug coverage, forcing millions of seniors to keep paying more for prescriptions they need.
It would mean that a working mother would once again have to worry that her coverage could suddenly be dropped if her child gets sick or injured.
It would mean that millions of small-business owners would lose tax credits, and struggle once again with the crippling costs of providing health insurance to their employees.
And it would mean tacking on $230 billion to our national deficit over the next 10 years — a burden every taxpayer would have to shoulder.
This is the cost of repeal.
It’s a cost that would affect all of us — and it’s a cost that Republicans seem willing to undertake.
Not us.
Remember — we began this fight because this country’s health insurance system needed to do better by its people.
And now that millions of lives are being improved, it’s our responsibility to protect the reform we fought so hard for. We owe it to those whose lives are being made better — and we owe it to ourselves.
Please donate today to help us build up our campaign about the real consequences of repeal:
http://my.democrats.org/ProtectReform
Thanks,
Jen
Jen O’Malley Dillon
Executive Director
Democratic National Committee
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