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Republicans lied about Obamacare
Many Republicans, including Trump, claimed they wanted to preserve the popular Obamacare provision to protect people with pre-existing conditions. At the same time, they supported a court case to kill Obamacare.
Now, a judge made a far-reaching decision that goes beyond even what some Republicans wanted but that was always a risk. Trump tweeted praise for the decision which kills all of Obamacare. This will wind up in the Supreme Court.
The GOP know that they can’t repeal the ACA in Congress. So they’ve continued their crusade through the courts — and a right-wing judge in Texas ruled in their favor. Let’s be very clear: the ACA is still the law of the land. https://t.co/ddjSJsXWkc
— Elizabeth Warren (@elizabethforma) December 15, 2018
States Involved in ACA Lawsuit #AMJoy #Obamacare pic.twitter.com/oCH75rF2tH
— AM Joy w/Joy Reid (@amjoyshow) December 15, 2018
Two legal experts who were on opposite sides of challenges to ACA at SCOTUS in 2012 and 2015 agree this time on how flawed last night's ACA ruling was: "this decision makes a mockery of the rule of law and basic principles of democracy." https://t.co/XUHgmPvQnV
— Indivisible Guide (@IndivisibleTeam) December 15, 2018
Judge Reed O'Connor, appointed by George W. Bush, previously blocked other Obama protections including another ACA rule, transgender rights, native American children's rights. You get the picture. https://t.co/p66AbF3wsJ
— Kevin B. Blackistone (@ProfBlackistone) December 15, 2018
I have a lot of friends who will try to downplay this ACA decision – "it's totally unsound logic!" "It will be appealed!" – but it actually should be a mass freakout moment about how vulnerable our hard-won progressive gains remain due to the fact we ceded the courts to the GOP
— Brian Fallon (@brianefallon) December 15, 2018
Researchers find roughly one additional death per year for every 800 people who lose insurance. So if the result of the GOP suit is that ACA falls and millions of Americans lose insurance, the consequence is also clear: More Americans will die. https://t.co/Xz01FYJBQT
— Nicholas Kristof (@NickKristof) December 15, 2018
Short answer: Every legal attack on ACA has been focused on the market-based aspects. Mandate, subsidies. No court has suggested that expanding existing government programs would violate the Constitution. https://t.co/1HkpcQ1odp
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) December 15, 2018
Analysis: With ACA in peril, Republicans get to show if they really want to protect people with preexisting conditions https://t.co/0CwwlsLuni
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) December 15, 2018
Tonight’s absurd ruling exposes the monstrous endgame of the GOP’s all-out assault on people w/ pre-existing conditions & the ACA. When @HouseDemocrats take the gavel, the House will swiftly intervene in the appeals process to #ProtectOurCare!
— Nancy Pelosi (@NancyPelosi) December 15, 2018
This is exactly why Cruz argued that the ACA needed to be killed in 2013 — once the benefits were locked in, it would be politically impossible to take them away. 40 House Republicans, when they finish updating their resumes, will tell you he was right. https://t.co/wk43aJFgCw
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) December 15, 2018
The case, seemingly bound for the Supreme Court's new conservative majority, now threatens to complicate a wide array of policies. https://t.co/6jt0XpYS5a
— POLITICO (@politico) December 15, 2018
update
There was not enough coverage of this lie at the time. https://t.co/ySUNr1lTKb
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) December 15, 2018
update 12/16/18
Former President Barack Obama responded to a federal judge's ruling that core aspects of the Affordable Care Act were unconstitutional. https://t.co/JtTQnNLAmW
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) December 16, 2018
Obamacare has majority support
The prevailing attitude toward the ACA has changed, and it's not hard to see why Democrats are eager to align themselves with it. https://t.co/99alp7ySOR pic.twitter.com/SclRndfNKf
— The New Republic (@newrepublic) October 16, 2018
Republicans are suing to get rid of protection for people with pre-existing conditions but they lie and say they support it.
As you read this, Trump and GOP are still trying to gut coverage for pre-existing coverage in a lawsuit in federal court. Can The MSM media PLEASE cover this at least half as much as they Covered Trump meeting Kanye?! This will have a real impact on lives! https://t.co/GVFpW2xQDB
— (((DeanObeidallah))) (@DeanObeidallah) October 14, 2018
A new study shows the huge costs of the Republican war on Obamacare https://t.co/uSpFXMyQVm pic.twitter.com/1SuFflUJIX
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) October 15, 2018
Republicans have a pre-existing conditions problem. #VoteForCare https://t.co/zXNsa2DQHR
— Senate Democrats (@dscc) October 12, 2018
Erik Paulsen in #MN03 also lies about protecting people with pre-existing conditions. Truth is his actual votes would gut the ACA’s protection of those with pre-existing conditions. #VotesNotQuotes #HealthCareVoter https://t.co/d6I1dIhgW7
— Lana Fx Slavitt (@somuchweirdness) October 16, 2018
.@ScottWalker has said throughout #WIGOV race that if ACA is repealed, he'd call a special session to have the Legislature pass a bill requiring coverage for pre-existing conditions. @SenFitzgerald told reporters today he's not sure there are enough GOP Senate votes to pass it.
— Jessie Opoien (@jessieopie) October 16, 2018
P.S. —> @ScottWalker authorized his attorney general to lead the lawsuit to strike down the ACA's pre-existing condition protections. What a liar. https://t.co/FeFCB4Owrf
— Topher Spiro (@TopherSpiro) October 16, 2018
Um—you’re literally trying to overturn the ACA. So, this is a lie. https://t.co/AKdSxgG5Az
— Soledad O'Brien (@soledadobrien) October 15, 2018
#FactCheck from the @AdkEnterprise
“I have always been very clear: I do not support repeal-only,” Stefanik said.
However, in February 2015 — four weeks into her first term — she voted for a bill to repeal the ACA without directly replacing it. #NY21 https://t.co/DWBBAAIgLL
— Tedra Cobb for Congress (@TedraCobb) October 16, 2018
Helluva line from Arizona GOP Senate candidate Martha McSally tonight: “We cannot go back to where we were before Obamacare, where people were one diagnosis away from going bankrupt.”
She voted for the AHCA, which repealed Obamacare.
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) October 16, 2018
Outrageous attempt to keep workers from signing up for healthcare on their day off.
Obamacare signup site to be shut down for 12 hours nearly every Sunday of open enrollment | PBS NewsHour https://t.co/pIadA29fZg— Jill Wine-Banks (@JillWineBanks) October 15, 2018
Missouri’s attorney general is suing to kill Obamacare, throwing the lives of millions with pre-existing conditions into uncertainty pic.twitter.com/ZGl7AwTnmg
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) October 11, 2018
Why are so many GOP politicians lying about their efforts to undo Obamacare and stop protections against pre existing condition exclusion. If they are lying now, what will they do if elected? https://t.co/ZIN72LWAv2
— Howard Dean (@GovHowardDean) October 16, 2018
"I was only against it until I was for it." https://t.co/yP6ZEtW0on
— Clara Jeffery (@ClaraJeffery) October 11, 2018
Trump is lying about saving the pre existing safeguards in Obamacare because his Administration is part of a lawsuit to end them. He indecently continues to attack the late Senator McCain while the other Republicans remain silent. https://t.co/aC3sPJeXlG
— Barbra Streisand (@BarbraStreisand) October 11, 2018
"Voters now overwhelmingly list preserving health coverage and protections for people with pre-existing conditions as top issues, and roughly 70 percent say the future of Obamacare factors prominently in their vote." https://t.co/Ce1L5i7Q8U
— Health Care Voter (@HealthCareVoter) October 16, 2018
Trump tried to engineer a death spiral and kill Obamacare's markets. Instead, they're thriving. https://t.co/tNTKwLQ4fl pic.twitter.com/U1JWNA9MZH
— Jonathan Chait (@jonathanchait) October 12, 2018
Here are those who fought hard to kill ObamaCare now basically promising ObamaCare if they're (re)elected.
Provide @charles_gaba names of those he's missing. https://t.co/nmWjfv4xYH
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) October 16, 2018
republicans doing everything they can to stymie obamacare and gut its protections for consumers, then turning around and promising to protect those protections, is just breathtakingly cynical, even in the age of trump https://t.co/SyX0SiR7r2
— jamelle g-g-ghoulie 👻 (@jbouie) October 16, 2018
New Medicaid director
Under Mary Mayhew’s leadership, Maine’s Medicaid enrollment shrunk by 24 percent.
Trump just tapped her to run the national Medicaid program. https://t.co/pbOExS1dNI w/ @Briannaehley
— Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) October 15, 2018
Obamacare
Obamacare is more popular than ever. Once it was implemented, people began to see the benefits of it such as protection for people with pre-existing conditions.
Now, Trump is lying and saying he will protect people with pre-existing conditions while his Justice Department is supporting an effort to end them.
This stuck me as a noteworthy (new, I think) claim tonight. https://t.co/jSWXWFE64c
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 21, 2018
In addition, Republican candidates are reducing criticism of it:
Fascinating reflection of how quickly the politics of Obamacare have changed. https://t.co/cSqzlhTXCE
— Margot Sanger-Katz (@sangerkatz) September 21, 2018
I’d go further. I think the experience of Obamacare has pushed Democrats—or at least many of their voters—left on a whole host of issues. The hunger for big, bold, public solutions is informed by a recognition that Republicans will demagogue everything as a “government takeover.” https://t.co/WJk53DGnyL
— b-boy bouiebaisse (@jbouie) September 14, 2018
9/21
Trump lies again about pre-existing conditions in his Missouri rally.
Trump: "I will always protect pre-existing conditions. And Josh Hawley will always protect pre-existing conditions.”
Trump's admin is arguing in court that the ACA's pre-existing protections should be voided. Hawley signed onto this same lawsuit seeking to strike down the ACA.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 22, 2018
On Obamacare:
Cruz: "I hear from Texans all over the state: I can't afford health insurance." But "every one of us agrees that pre-existing conditions need to be protected."
Texas is suing to kill the law in its entirety: https://t.co/bjiYgrXEOF
— Emma Platoff (@emmaplatoff) September 21, 2018
75 percent of voters said it’s “very important” to keep Obamacare’s insurance protections, according to a new poll, and there’s greater trust in Democrats to deal with the issue https://t.co/QKh9e5sETQ
— POLITICO (@politico) September 20, 2018
If you’re concerned about health care, you’ve got to get out the vote this November.
We must reduce the number of uninsured, enact meaningful controls on prescription drug costs, and ensure all with pre-existing conditions can obtain affordable coverage.https://t.co/PDS2ZaBSfY
— Mike Levin (@MikeLevinCA) September 22, 2018
Trump hits McCain for voting against Obamacare repeal just weeks after his death https://t.co/w8X1MZKtcf pic.twitter.com/VBEC8LXc1s
— The Hill (@thehill) September 22, 2018
Trump just attacked Heller's opponent, @RepJackyRosen, says she voted for "the disaster that we now know as Obamacare."
Only, she didn't. Because Rosen was not elected to Congress until 6 years after the ACA passed the House.
— Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) September 21, 2018
Democrats believe they have their best chance in years to flip crucial state attorney general seats by trumpeting the same message: Republicans are trying to take away your health care https://t.co/sxRXAMVFFe
— POLITICO (@politico) September 18, 2018
Trump lies about pre-existing conditions 10/1/18
Trump on pre-existing conditions: "A lot of people think it's not a very Republican thing. It is now. And it has been for me." As part of a GOP lawsuit trying to get the entire ACA blocked, Trump's administration is arguing that its pre-existing protections should be voided.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 1, 2018
Trump administration priorities
This is disgusting – putting poor treatment of immigrants over cancer research.
The Trump admin is literally shifting money from cancer research to immigrant children detention. https://t.co/qfuSsW7UXB
— Eric Umansky (@ericuman) September 20, 2018
Republicans will try to undo Obamacare in 2019 if they keep their majorities
Ryan reaffirms that if GOP maintains its majorities, it will again seek to undo the #ACA in 2019.
https://t.co/5326kmx5mW via @RollCall— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) September 12, 2018
Increase in uninsured Americans
Thanks to the Republicans.
Change in # of uninsured Americans from previous year –>
2014: -8.8 million
2015: -4 million
2016: -900K
2017: +492KToday via Censushttps://t.co/Pc8lqsbG6F pic.twitter.com/0pzLnNKy1V
— Jeff Stein (@JStein_WaPo) September 12, 2018
New Census data continues to show the historic progress in reducing the number of people uninsured has stalled. In a different environment, we might be having a debate about how to change that. https://t.co/zSCVv2m6Va
— Larry Levitt (@larry_levitt) September 12, 2018
Trump administration wants to eliminate protections for people with pre-existing conditions
The Trump administration will be arguing against mandatory coverage for pre-existing conditions.
New: Judge sets oral argument for Sept. 10 in closely-watched Texas lawsuit against ObamaCare, which Dems have made big part of their midterm/Kavanaugh arguments
— Peter Sullivan (@PeterSullivan4) August 14, 2018
Here is what the Trump side will be arguing to eliminate in the Oral arguments 60 days before the election. pic.twitter.com/5yQnpqPLoV
— Andy Slavitt (@ASlavitt) August 14, 2018
Flint water update
update 1/22/19
3 years later, no one is in jail over Flint tainted water https://t.co/kuvLcG0ZQu
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) January 21, 2019
"We are still in a state of public health emergency," Flint water advocate Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha tells @VanJones68 on #VanJonesShow https://t.co/uFamYOyyw3 pic.twitter.com/NtOq0XkhVM
— CNN (@CNN) August 11, 2018
Sad! 