Word is that the Senate is within 2-3 weeks of voting on an ACA repeal bill -- crafted in darkness, but retaining the main toxic features of the AHCA:
- Phaseout of ACA Medicaid expansion (which has insured 11 million)
- Long-term gutting of federal spending on Medicaid via per capita caps (affecting 75 million enrollees)
- Weakening of ACA marketplace subsidies and protections for people with pre-existing conditions
- Repeal of ACA taxes and mandates that fund benefits
Republicans need just 50 votes (plus Pence as tiebreaker), and they have 52 senators. Since calls from non-constituents are mainly discounted, please
Contact friends and family in states with Republican senators and ask them to call/email their senators
(see below for most-targeted senators).
A list of all senators with contact info (searchable by state) is here: https://www.senate.gov/senators/contact/
Ask your friends & family to call on their senator(s) to reject any bill that
- Repeals ACA Medicaid expansion, which has enabled 11 million Americans to enroll (for expansion states, find the
- Caps the federal contribution to Medicaid, which will endanger access and quality of care for 75 million Americans in Medicaid -- including children, nursing home residents and low income seniors, the disabled and low-income adults
- Reduces subsidies in the private plan marketplace and weakens protections for people with pre-existing conditions
- Repeals the ACA taxes that fund benefits without replacing the revenue.
If targeting a specific state, you can further arm yourself or others with facts about likely coverage losses under repeal bills:
Progressive groups are targeting these Senators in particular (though any Republican is worth contacting):
| LAMAR ALEXANDER (TN) | 202-224-4944 |
| SHELLY MOORE CAPITO (WV) | 202-224-6472 |
| BILL CASSIDY (LA) | 202-224-5824 |
| SUSAN COLLINS (ME) | 202-224-2523 |
| BOB CORKER (TN) | 202-224-3344 |
| TOM COTTON (AR) | 202-224-2353 |
| JEFF FLAKE (AZ) | 202-224-4521 |
| CORY GARDNER (CO) | 202-224-5941 |
| LINDSEY GRAHAM (SC) | 202-224-5972 |
| DEAN HELLER (NV) | 202-224-6244 |
| LISA MURKOWSKI (AK) | 202-224-6665 |
| ROB PORTMAN (OH) | 202-224-3353 |
Republican Senators in Medicaid Expansion States
And here is a list of all Republican senators representing states that have enacted the ACA Medicaid expansion. On average, these states have reduced their uninsured populations by 45%
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
Colorado
Indiana
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Louisiana
Montana
Nevada
North Dakota
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
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