NJDC Denounces House GOP Vote to Repeal Health Care Reform Legislation
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WASHINGTON, DC - National Jewish Democratic Council (NJDC) President and CEO David A. Harris today denounced the Republican-led House of Representatives’ partisan vote to attempt to repeal the historic health care reform legislation passed last year during the 111th Congress. Harris said:
“Last year, NJDC - alongside so many others - worked tirelessly to support the passage of historic health care reform legislation. The Affordable Care Act made dramatic improvements to our health insurance system -from expanding access to coverage, to lowering costs and preventing discrimination based on pre-existing conditions - which will benefit millions of Americans across the country. Today, the Republican-led House of Representatives took a politically-fueled step in the wrong direction by voting to repeal the legislation for which we all fought so hard. But we can’t stop the forward march of progress now.
NJDC believes that every American deserves the right to have access to quality, affordable health care. The Republicans’ repeal effort would greatly limit that access. As Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid pointed out, ‘Almost half of all Americans under 65 have pre-existing conditions insurance companies could use as excuses to deny coverage under Republican’ plan to repeal health care reform.’ This is an unacceptable outcome and one of the many reasons why such a large majority of American Jews refuse to stand with the Republican Party.
We will continue to fight against the Republican Party’s increasingly extremist right-wing agenda. We look forward to working with the Democratic-led Senate and President Barack Obama to ensure that the country does not move backwards when it comes to reforming our health care system.”
