The Senate leadership and Trump Administration are pulling out all the stops now to get at least 50 Republicans to vote for the Graham-Cassidy bill to dramatically cut and later repeal most of the Affordable Care Act. They only have until September 30 to pass something with a simple majority.
We need for you to contact Pennsylvania’s Senators NOW—find their contact information:
- Senator Robert Casey: http://casey.senate.gov
- Senator Pat Toomey: http://toomey.senate.gov
Please tell them the Graham-Cassidy bill:
- Will be devastating to the people in Pennsylvania.
- Provides no real assurance for preexisting conditions.
- Provides no minimum standard of coverage for insurance plans.
- Will cut $137,200 in federal funding for healthcare to Pennsylvania
- And while, outrageously, they want to take this vote without a full CBO score is it estimated that 1,066,000 people will lose coverage in Pennsylvania.
In other words: This legislation should not become law!
Here are some helpful resources if you have more time:
- Families USA: http://familiesusa.org/blog/2017/09/12-facts-about-graham-cassidy-repeal-bill
- Coalition on Human Needs: https://www.chn.org/2017/09/20/head-smacker-theyre-trying-to-repeal-the-acaagain/#.WclqmrKGMdV
- And please also see some new analyses showing impacts on states (first one, people losing health insurance; second, loss of state funds):
- Center for American Progress, Coverage Losses by State Under the Graham-Cassidy Bill to Repeal the ACA
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Cassidy-Graham Plan’s Damaging Cuts to Health Care Funding Would Grow Dramatically in 2027
Please contact our Senators NOW!
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