Arizona Voters Can Thank Kyrsten Sinema for Their Children’s Loss of Health Insurance Under Obamacare

PHOENIX, Sept. 10 -- The campaign of Wendy Rogers, a Republican running for election in Arizona's9th Congressional District, issued the following campaign news:

Wendy Rogers has released the following statement criticizing Kyrsten Sinema's record on Obamacare.

"Kyrsten Sinema has been a longtime advocate of universal healthcare. She readily admits having authored parts of Obamacare. She routinely misled the people of Arizona by parroting the Obama administration's talking points, to include the lie 'if you like your doctor (or insurance plan), you can keep it.'[1] In 2009 before the vote on Obamacare, as a cheerleader for the Obama administration, Sinema perpetuated this lie to countless audiences while barnstorming across Arizona.[2] Since then, however, thousands of Arizonans are suffering from the lie since they've now lost their insurance or their doctors from before the law was passed," said Rogers.

"In a recent interview with The Arizona Republic, Robert Meyer, the CEO of the Phoenix Children's Hospital, said that 20 children are coming to his facility every day only to find that Phoenix Children's Hospital is NOT covered by their insurance because of Obamacare. Previously, they may have had coverage which included Phoenix Children's Hospital, but since Obamacare brought about the creation of 'narrow network' plans, now their choices are drastically reduced to only a select few facilities. Parents are left with a stark choice - either take their loved one somewhere unfamiliar or try to argue with their insurance company to receive out-of-network coverage for their sick child, something which Meyer notes 'causes tremendous anxiety for the parents and families that are going through major crisis.'"[3]

"Despite these terrible flaws, Kyrsten Sinema refuses to back down. Regardless, she voted against the repeal of Obamacare saying 'the fundamentals of [the program] are good,'[4] . . . in the face of all the contrary evidence. At the very least, Kyrsten Sinema should go on record to say she was wrong for supporting Obamacare and spreading the Obama administration's lie to Arizonans. Obamacare hurts families. I'm a mother - - it pains me deeply to see bad government policy continue to hurt children. Obamacare is wrong for our nation, and Kyrsten Sinema should be ashamed for supporting it."

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