Equality California Issues Statement on Vote to Repeal Affordable Care Act
"Repeated efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act collapsed late last night thanks to the hundreds of thousands of LGBTQ and other Americans who attended town hall meetings and rallies, made phone calls to their elected officials, sent emails, wrote letters and kept the pressure on senators. Passage of the bill would have cost thousands of LGBTQ lives and we're profoundly grateful to all who took a courageous stand.
"In their obsessive attempts to gut healthcare coverage for millions of Americans, Senate Republican leadership have followed a cynical playbook that makes a mockery of our political process. Their latest plan would have gutted healthcare for as many as 32 million Americans, defunded
"The LGBTQ community would have been hit especially hard by a repeal of the Affordable Care Act, with millions losing healthcare coverage under the legislation. Being transgender or having HIV or other preexisting conditions meant that many LGBTQ people received coverage for the first time under the ACA. LGBTQ people are twice as likely to be living in poverty as the general public, making the Medicaid expansion and federal subsidies important components of the ACA which significiantly increased healthcare coverage for people in the LGBTQ community.
"Our work is not finished on healthcare.
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