Dear
San
Franciscan,
The
zombie
health
care
repeal
proposal
is
back
yet
again.
After
numerous
failures
to
repeal
and
replace
the
Affordable
Care
Act,
the
Republican
Leadership
in
Congress
has
scheduled
a
vote
on
their
Graham-Cassidy
bill this
week.
It
is
my
view
that
this
worse-than-ever
proposal
is
another
heartless,
cruel
attempt
to
strip
millions
of
hard-working
families
of
affordable
health
care
with:
- Higher
costs,
less
coverage
forcing
families
to
pay
much
higher
out-of-pocket
health
care
costs,
including
deductibles.
- Key
protections
gutted
for
people
with
pre-existing
conditions,
destroys
essential
health
benefits,
and
reinstates
the
dreaded
lifetime
and
annual
limits
on
care.
- A
crushing
age
tax,
exposing
older
Americans
to
higher
premiums
than
what
others
pay
for
health
coverage,
no
matter
how
healthy
they
are.
- Stealing
from
Medicaid
by
ransacking
funds
that
seniors
depend
on
to
get
the
long-term
care
they
need.
Instead
of
pushing
their
repeal bill,
I
believe
the
conservative
Leadership
in
Congress
should
be
working
together
on
productive,
bipartisan
action
to
lower
costs
for
all
families.
House
Democrats
will
continue
to
fight
with
all
our
strength
against
these
shocking
and
partisan
attempts
to
rip
away
the
promise
of
affordable
quality
health
care.
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