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Speaker Boehner Continues to Ignore ACA Facts

May 3, 2015
Blog Post
This morning in a pre-taped interview with Meet the Press' Chuck Todd, Speaker Boehner said the Affordable Care Act is "not working."  Seriously?

...the uninsured rate has dipped to "record lows..."

...new polling shows "Obamacare support at 2-year high"

..."90 percent of Americans have health coverage" thanks to ACA

On top of that, the Speaker said he and Congressional Republicans have no alternative 'yet' and are still trying to formulate one -- this after over 5 years!

It's clear that the Speaker wants to deviate the attention from his Republican Conference's dysfunctional banner week yet again, but the ultimate facts remain: while he and the House GOP have repeatedly wasted taxpayer dollars repealing, undermining and amplifying their obsession with destroying the health care law, #ACAworks for millions!  Rather than joining Democrats in improving the law and providing real solutions for hard-working middle class Americans, Speaker Boehner and Republicans prefer advancing special interests' priorities – a move they demonstrated this week after passing the 'Work Harder for Less' budget that guts health care coverage and makes it harder to buy a home, save for retirement, and pay for college.

One thing is clear: when the Speaker says ACA is "not working," he means the GOP will never stop working to undermine the health security of millions of Americans.