To the editor:
A new independent study from the Urban Institute confirms that repealing the Affordable Care Act without a replacement plan will leave tens of millions of Americans - almost 30 million people - without the security of health coverage. Because of the chaotic ripple effect of repealing the Affordable Care Act, a higher rate of Americans will be uninsured than before the ACA was passed in 2010.
In addition, many of us will be affected if the wonderful advances the ACA made are repealed like being allowed to keep our adult children on our health insurance until age 26, no longer being denied coverage because of pre-existing conditions, and free preventative services like well-child visits, mammograms, and cancer screenings. Proposed changes to Medicaid and Medicare are additionally frightening because they could lead to the loss or reduction of healthcare of millions on vulnerable communities, including low-income families, people with disabilities and chronic illnesses, preemie babies, and seniors.
Believe it or not the repeal of the ACA could also lead to a raise in our taxes. Millions of people who purchase their own insurance would see an increase in their taxes by more than $3,000 by abolishing healthcare tax credits. At the same time hundreds of billions of dollars in tax breaks would be made to wealthy, insurance companies while eliminating tax credits for working families.
This is not okay. It hurts our families, businesses, and economy.
A new independent study from the Urban Institute confirms that repealing the Affordable Care Act without a replacement plan will leave tens of millions of Americans - almost 30 million people - without the security of health coverage. Because of the chaotic ripple effect of repealing the Affordable Care Act, a higher rate of Americans will be uninsured than before the ACA was passed in 2010.
In addition, many of us will be affected if the wonderful advances the ACA made are repealed like being allowed to keep our adult children on our health insurance until age 26, no longer being denied coverage because of pre-existing conditions, and free preventative services like well-child visits, mammograms, and cancer screenings. Proposed changes to Medicaid and Medicare are additionally frightening because they could lead to the loss or reduction of healthcare of millions on vulnerable communities, including low-income families, people with disabilities and chronic illnesses, preemie babies, and seniors.
Believe it or not the repeal of the ACA could also lead to a raise in our taxes. Millions of people who purchase their own insurance would see an increase in their taxes by more than $3,000 by abolishing healthcare tax credits. At the same time hundreds of billions of dollars in tax breaks would be made to wealthy, insurance companies while eliminating tax credits for working families.
This is not okay. It hurts our families, businesses, and economy.
