15 years of the Affordable Care Act

Today marks the anniversary of the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Fifteen years later, the ACA continues to save lives, expand coverage, and have a positive impact on those who sign up.

Enrollment has hit a historic 24 million people covered under health insurance through the Affordable Care Act. With enrollment reaching a record high and millions of American families relying on the ACA for coverage, it simply does not make sense that the Republican Rip-Off agenda is to cut the funding of Medicaid and Medicare programs that came from this legislation.

Rolling back the ACA would not just rip away critical care from the 24 million folks using Marketplace plans — but over 45 million Americans could lose their health insurance provided through other provisions of the ACA — think young adults afforded the option to stay on their parent's plans until age 26, people suffering from pre-existing conditions that could legally be denied care, and more.

Make no mistake, the Republican Rip-Off's plan to cut funding for health care programs from the ACA is nothing more than a ploy to hand a $4.5 trillion tax cut to the richest Americans and wealthiest corporations.

We will not let that stand.

I believe that health care is a right. As always, we are going to fight back for Washingtonians and the millions of Americans who benefit from the provisions of the ACA.

More soon,

Rick