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Nearly 400,000 Californians Priced Out of Health Care Thanks to Darrell Issa

After Darrell Issa failed to act to protect ACA tax credits before they expired, close to 400,000 Californians are being priced out of their health care – driving a 32% drop in Covered California enrollment from last year. Facing skyrocketing costs, families are now scrambling for new plans, downgrading or dropping their coverage altogether.

The blame lies squarely with the Republican-led Congress that created this crisis. As Covered California CEO warns: “I don’t want any Californian to miss the window to enroll because they are waiting on Washington.”

REMINDER: Issa cast a deciding vote on the largest cut to Medicaid in history – ripping away health care from over 32,000 of his constituents. He has voted 17 times to repeal the Affordable Care Act. His inaction put nearly 2 million Californians at risk of losing health care coverage and becoming uninsured.

DCCC Spokesperson Anna Elsasser: 
“Darrell Issa’s cruelty is costing Californians – literally. Issa will always put Washington and his billionaire besties over working families, and they’ll remember exactly who robbed their health care and their wallets come November.” 

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