Friend, I could talk for hours about the ins-and-outs of health care politics, but I’ll keep this brief:

Everyone needs to know that Republican Attorneys General doubled down on their efforts to undermine the Affordable Care Act (ACA, or “Obamacare”) during a global pandemic.

While tens of millions of people struggled under rising COVID numbers, medical bills, unemployment, and illness, Republican AGs went to the Supreme Court and said, ‘Now, let’s take away their health care.’

In response, Democratic Attorneys General intervened and argued before the Supreme Court to preserve our access to health care and won – ultimately saving countless lives and financial records across the country.

If we didn’t have these down-ballot champions defending us, millions of people could have lost access to affordable treatments, including:

• 133 million people nationwide, who have pre-existing medical conditions
• 31 million people who receive health coverage through the ACA, including nearly 15 million who qualify for Medicaid expansion
• 800,000 people with opioid use disorder

Friend, we were on the brink of an unfathomable amount of harm, thanks to a coalition of GOP AGs who tried to dismantle affordable health care during our worst public health crisis in decades.

This wasn’t the first legal attack on the ACA, and there’s sure to be more so long as we have radical right-wingers in office. That’s why we need unyielding, passionate Dem AGs who know that health care is a human right – and will go toe-to-toe with extremists to protect us.

Friend, if you’re feeling fired up about defending our right to affordable, live-saving medical treatment, chip in $15 right now to help elect Dem AGs who will defend us with every tool they have.

Thanks,

David

David Sanchez
Senior Deputy Political Director
Democratic Attorneys General Association