West Virginia Watch – Republicans in Congress aren’t satisfied with just slashing Medicaid, so they are now looking at using reconciliation to repeal large swaths of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to pay for tax breaks for billionaires, big corporations and campaign donors.
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These days, everyone has heard of “Obamacare,” the landmark 2010 law that for the first-time created consumer protections like no discrimination based on pre-existing conditions and gender, and no annual or lifetime caps on coverage.
The Affordable Care Act turned 15 earlier this year and, despite a rocky start and endless “Repeal and Replace” attacks from Republican opponents in Congress and President Donald Trump, it has persisted and is more popular than ever. While the march towards quality, affordable health care for all remains a long one, the political battle to pass the ACA by the narrowest of margins was huge, and we now face another huge fight to maintain the gains we’ve made in healthcare access and equity so that progress isn’t lost.
