Obamacare on the Line

Republicans have sought to kill the Affordable Care Act on many occasions and failed. It suffered a blow when the president signed the 2017 Republican-led tax bill. The bill eliminated the individual mandate, which required all Americans to be covered by health insurance or pay a tax. 

Despite its critics, recent polls suggest that most Americans like the Affordable Care Act or what Obama did to make health insurance accessible to all. As a result, Republicans have jumped on board, claiming they backed pre-existing conditions, the hallmark of the Federal health care law, all along. Nothing could be further from the truth. By voting to abolish the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare, it would effectively end protection for millions in this country suffering from a previous health crisis, something all the GOP have fought diligently to do since its passage, despite voicing their support at rallies and on T.V.  The president, GOP members of Congress and Republican lawmakers running for office across America are dispensing such nonsense to poor, unsuspecting voters who will be stabbed in the back come January.  

Democrats, who passed the beloved ACA, must fight to set the record straight. They must call out the hypocrisy on the right or make it known that the GOP hates Obamacare, including the part that relates to pre-existing conditions, and would gut it like a fish. If progressives don't fight back, Republicans will succeed again on a phony claim like in 2002 when they bolstered support for the war in Iraq.

Sadly, Republicans will do anything to stay in power, lie, steal, and cheat instead of stating the facts or standing up for what is right.