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Gabe Evans, Scott James Silent on Trump’s Promise to Rip Away Health Care from Coloradans

Scott James and Gabe Evans must tell Coloradans if they stand with Donald Trump’s latest promise to rip health care away from millions of families, saying Republicans ‘should never give up’ their goal of repealing Obamacare.

It’s clear Trump and the Republican House majority are still hellbent on taking away the essential health care programs that millions of working families rely on. Will Scott James and Gabe Evans stand up for Colorado families and their access to affordable health care, or will they fall in line behind their party who has already put the ACA on the chopping block?

As a reminder, repealing the Affordable Care Act would:

  • End critical protections for the nearly 800,000 Coloradans with pre-existing conditions, allowing insurance companies to deny them coverage.

  • Allow insurance companies to reinstate annual and lifetime spending limits on coverage.

  • Put 775,000 Coloradans’ health insurance at risk.

  • Threaten coverage for 1 million Coloradans who rely on Medicaid.

  • Massively increase costs for seniors and people with disabilities who receive home care.

  • Cut access to substance abuse treatment and mental health care.

  • Force hundreds of rural hospitals to close.

DCCC Spokesperson Mallory Payne:
“The Republican Party is all-in on their spectacularly unpopular plan to take health care away from millions of Americans. Coloradans deserve to know if Gabe Evans and Scott James will side with their party and threaten health care for hundreds of thousands of families.”

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