Insurers in Virginia are proposing premium hikes on Virginia families ranging from fifteen percent to SIXY FOUR percent next year, and they are making it crystal clear where the blame lands: with Reps. Barbara Comstock, Tom Garrett, Dave Brat, and Scott Taylor and their reckless gutting of the Affordable Care Act.
“Both Cigna and CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield cited policies advocated by the Trump administration, including the repeal of ObamaCare’s individual mandate, as part of its justifications for the increases.” [The Hill 5/4/18]
The GOP Tax Scam removed a key pillar of the Affordable Care Act without any type of replacement – a move that at the time the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office and experts made clear would lead to higher premiums and fewer Americans having health insurance. Now, that’s exactly what is happening.
“Reps. Barbara Comstock, Tom Garrett, Dave Brat, and Scott Taylor recklessly gutted the Affordable Care Act in order to give a huge tax handout to large corporations, and now hundreds of thousands of working families in Virginia are going to pay the price,” said DCCC spokesperson Jacob Peters. “This is a moral and political catastrophe, and with these painful premium increases being finalized this fall, there is no question that voters are going to punish House Republicans for this all-out assault on their personal financial security.”