A group of outside organizations announced Friday they are forming a coalition called “Protect Our Care” to fight Republicans’ plans to repeal the Affordable Care Act. The members include health policy organizations like Families USA, as well civil rights groups, women’s groups and the union SEIU.
“The Protect Our Care Coalition will pool resources and work together to ensure people in America understand the damage of repealing the ACA,” the coalition said in a press release. “Congress should not take away the promise of future coverage without simultaneously voting on a plan that guarantees people will have health and financial security.”
Here are the coalition members announced in the press release:
Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum
Center for American Progress
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Center for Law and Social Policy
Community Catalyst, Doctors for America
Families USA, MomsRising
NAACP
National Council of La Raza
National Health Law Program
National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health
National Partnership for Women & Families, National Urban League
National Women’s Law Center
SEIU
Voices for Progress
Young Invincibles
How quickly will they raise money, build email lists and social media sites, start seriously lobbying Congress?
Speed matters, 'cause very few Americans pay any attention to politics during December. And the Republicans just might do a quick repeal bill on January 3.
Meanwhile, Mr. and Mrs. America (and All the Ships at Sea): If you’re reading this, why don’t you call your senators and congress[wo]man immediately? And follow up with an email? And a genuine letter on paper?
Maybe we can salvage something if we all raise enough hell immediately. Otherwise, we’ll all lose – people with Medicare and workplace coverage will also be impacted indirectly if the ACA goes down.
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Well they managed to form a working coalition and get a press release out pretty quickly. It should be the Dem party driving the messaging; hopefully we will continue to hear those voices too. Loud and clear.
The excerpt from the press release is truncated? The list is not complete.
Liberals need to display some anger. We were stabbed in the back on election day after caring for decades about people who apparently care little for themselves or for their children. Miners are a good example.
Instead we are hated for various “sins”: believing in equal rights, clean air, basic human decency.
Beyond experiencing misplaced anger, we now have to confront the obscenity of Medicare being taken away from grandparents. It only means suffering and dying and bankruptcy. Thanks a lot.
Well, fool me once, okay, but no more. Don’t look to me for empathy anymore. Trump voters are not my friends or neighbors or fellow Americans. They mean nothing to me.