Dan Kildee: “Well, the President says that Republicans are ``the party of healthcare.'' I think it would be more accurate to say that…”

“Well, the President says that Republicans are ``the party of healthcare.'' I think it would be more accurate to say that they are the party of taking away your healthcare. The Trump administration is moving to eliminate the Affordable Care Act in its entirety, every provision, which would mean millions of Americans would lose health coverage. Let's remind ourselves what would happen if the ACA were eliminated: Millions of Americans with preexisting conditions, including 1.7 million in Michigan, would be at the whim of big insurance companies who once again would be free to discriminate against them because they are sick or once had an illness; Millions of Americans, including 690,000 Michiganders enrolled in the Healthy Michigan Medicaid expansion, would lose health insurance. If they prevail, they lose health insurance; Eliminating the ACA would also hinder our ability to deal with the opioid crisis, since the ACA requires insurance companies to cover substance abuse treatment. And the Republicans have no plan. Take away the healthcare from Americans; no plan to replace it. We ought to reject that. ____________________”