A healthcare advocacy group released a new ad Thursday with nurses and doctors painting a grave picture about what the repeal of the Affordable Care Act without a replacement could look like for patients.
The ad, created by the Alliance for Healthcare Security, aims to take Republicans in Congress to task for taking the first steps towards repealing the ACA without a visible replacement plan, a spokesman for the group said in a release.
“Congress has taken the first step toward blowing up the healthcare system without any plan whatsoever to replace it,” said Josh Dorner, Alliance for Healthcare Security spokesman. “Instead of more political games, Congress needs to produce a real replacement plan and tell us how they are going to pass it. The dangerous uncertainty that Congress is creating with its reckless repeal effort threatens to rip away care from millions and will send premiums soaring.”
One by one, doctors and nurses appear in the ad explaining how these actions could affect their patients.
“They don’t have a plan to insure the 30 million people who will lose their healthcare.”
“No plan to cover pre-existing conditions, like cancer.”
“No plan to keep insurance rates from skyrocketing.”
“Everybody’s costs will go up.”
The Congressional Budget Office recently released a report stating that repealing the ACA without a replacement plan would cause 32 million people to lose their insurance.
The ad is scheduled to air in Washington, D.C., Alaska, Arizona, Maine, Nevada, Tennessee and West Virginia.
Watch the ad below:
