MoveOn: Republicans Greenlight Premium Hikes

Grassroots Says to Senate Dems: We Told You So

WASHINGTON – In response to Senate Republicans voting down an extension of the ACA subsidies, clearing the way for health care premiums to skyrocket at the end of the month, MoveOn Civic Action’s Chief Communications Officer Joel Payne released the following statement: 

“With grocery prices and rents rising, Senate Republicans just voted to double health care premiums at the end of the month for millions of Americans. Donald Trump and Republicans will not lift a finger to do anything about the health care crisis that they created. If Senate Democrats held firm during the government funding debate and used the leverage the grassroots created for them, they would have been in a stronger position to deliver more affordable health care for the American people. This predictable outcome shows us yet again that working people need a robust opposition party to stop Republicans and the Trump administration from screwing us.”

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