What If Tens of Millions Americans Had NO Health Insurance?

Are you one of the 21 million Americans who may loose their health care if the court case in Texas to eliminate the Affordable Healthcare Act (ObamaCare) goes through?  Or are you one of the 135 million Americans who has a pre-existing condition, and who may be denied healthcare if this court case is successful? Or are you among millions over 65 who are on Medicare who may suddenly have to pay for preventative healthcare that previously was without charge?

Are you? Or is someone close to you in one of those categories?

President Obama signs ACA on March 23, 2010

If you can say yes, then you should be concerned, VERY CONCERNED, about the Administration's attempt to use the courts to eliminate the ACA, since they have failed at eliminating it through the Congress. (Thanks to the late John McCain and other Senators who realized this wasn't a partisan issue.)

"Last night, the Department of Justice declared the entire law and all of its vital health care protections must go," Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat from New York, said in remarks on the Senate floor Tuesday. "Make no mistake about it, this is an escalation of the Trump administration and Republicans' attacks on protections for people with pre-existing conditions."

You can read more about it here. 

But what else should you do? There are two things.

First, call the Department of Justice at 202-353-1555 and tell them that we see this decision as reckless and insensitive to the health care needs of millions of Americans who depend on the ACA. 

Next, call your Members of Congress. You have their phone numbers on your list of favorites, right? If not, go here to get the number for your two Senators and one Representative.
Call today and tell them that we want them to do everything they can to assure that every American has health care, which includes considering how to implement Medicare for all.

And take heart, just as Trump was instructing the DOJ to go after healthcare, the Democrats in the House of Republicans introduced the Medicare Buy-In and Health Care Stabilization Act of 2019 to shore up the ACA and reduce costs. H.R. 1346

Healthcare is not a partisan issue. The 2018 election made that clear when Americans declared that healthcare was their number one issue. And the results in the House evidenced that. Illinois Representative Lauren Underwood is a great example of an underdog who ran and won of a campaign focused on healthcare. (See her on the March 26th Rachel Maddow Show.)

As the next election gets closer, more and more Republicans are going to respond to what the people want, and will be running with a commitment to providing healthcare to all Americans.

What are you going to do? Nothing, or make some phone calls today and start thinking about how you can make a change in Washington by working to get responsible legislators seated in the Congress.


posted by Etta Worthington