Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee: Where Does Beth Van Duyne Stand on Texas Republicans' Health Care Lawsuit?

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following news release:

As coronavirus continues to rage in North Texas, voters deserve to know where Beth Van Duyne stands on Texas Republicans' lawsuit to strike down the entire Affordable Care Act - including its protections for Texans with pre-existing conditions.

The Trump administration has joined with Texas Republicans to urge the Supreme Court to overturn the law, "pointedly arguing that the Affordable Care Act's pre-existing condition rules must be overturned as well," NBC News reported.

The lawsuit directly jeopardizes health coverage for the 361,000 TX-24 residents with a pre-existing condition, while a recent study found as many as 2 million Texans could lose their health insurance if the lawsuit succeeds.

"Amid a pandemic, Beth Van Duyne would let insurance companies discriminate against people when they get sick and jack up costs on Texans with pre-existing conditions," DCCC spokesman Avery Jaffe said. "North Texas families deserve to know where Beth Van Duyne stands on the Texas Republican-led lawsuit to destroy the Affordable Care Act and the protections it provides to working families."

Van Duyne's record as a health care opponent is clear:

- She opposes the Affordable Care Act, saying it was "was enacted based on lies, kept afloat through misappropriation of funds, and has done profound damage to the healthcare of Americans."

- She supports a plan that would let insurance companies discriminate against people when they get sick, including people with pre-existing conditions and older Americans

- She supports a taxpayer-funded giveaway to healthy and wealthy individuals.

- She cheered President Trump's executive order "to scale back as many aspects of the Affordable Care Act as possible."

- She celebrated the 2017 tax bill repealing a key section of the Affordable Care Act, which the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office says will lead to more expensive health insurance and 13 million more uninsured.

- She touted an endorsement from the same organization that asked the Supreme Court to strike down the entire Affordable Care Act in 2012 (NFIB v. Sebelius)

- She bragged about cutting health care benefits by $1.5 million as Mayor of Irving. [Fox Business Network, 12/18/12]

* * *

Links to underlying news sources and other materials can be viewed here: https://dccc.org/beth-van-duyne-stand-texas-republicans-health-care-lawsuit/