Heitkamp Statement on her Vote Against Repealing Health Reform Law without a Replacement
"I've long said there are good pieces of the health reform law and pieces that need to be fixed. Almost three years ago, I proposed many reasonable reforms to the law, and have offered many others since then," said Heitkamp. "But just taking an axe to North Dakotans' health care without having a replacement in place is reckless and would rip away affordable health coverage from so many who already have it, including thousands of North Dakotans and those across rural America who signed up for
"With any major legislation, there are improvements that need to be made so that it works as well as possible, just as
Last night, Heitkamp offered an amendment that would prevent taking away support in the health reform law for rural communities and rural hospitals. Unfortunately, the amendment did not pass.
In
Go to: http://www.heitkamp.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/e9fc0dcb-571f-416c-90ef-0d3942abd368/1-10-aca-nd-impacts---final.pdf for a fact sheet about how repealing the law would impact
* More than 275,000 North Dakotans who have a pre-existing health condition could be denied coverage or charged exorbitant prices.
* More than 20,000 North Dakotans covered through the individual marketplace would likely lose coverage.
* 18,000 North Dakotans who gained coverage through the
* Nearly 18,000 middle class North Dakotans would likely lose tax credits that help pay for health care averaging
* Nearly 12,000
* 7,000
* Thousands with a mental illness or substance abuse disorder would lose
* Tribal health care facilities would lose federal resources that strength-en their health care services, and provisions expanding coverage specifically for
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