Derrick Van Orden “can’t stop fantasizing about eliminating the Affordable Care Act.”
Last month, Van Orden said he wanted to “undo” the Affordable Care Act – renewing his previous calls for the ACA’s “total repeal” and making it clear he wants to rip away health care and raise health care costs on Wisconsinites.
REMINDER: Van Orden OPPOSES health care tax credits that Wisconsinites depend on to afford their health care. Van Orden voted for the largest cuts to Medicaid in history that are expected to devastate Wisconsin’s rural hospitals.
DCCC Spokesperson Katie Smith:
“Derrick Van Orden told Wisconsin voters exactly what he wants to do: ‘undo’ the Affordable Care Act and force Wisconsin families to pay double in premiums or lose their health care. Van Orden is totally out of touch with struggling Wisconsin families.”
American Journal: Van Orden backs GOP blockade of Obamacare subsidies as costs rise
- Wisconsin Rep. Derrick Van Orden can’t stop fantasizing about eliminating the Affordable Care Act…
- Subsidies that help families afford Obamacare will expire at the end of the year unless Congress acts. Democrats generally favor a clean extension of the subsidies, while Republicans, like Van Orden, want to cut the subsidies and Obamacare more broadly.
- “What we’re trying to do as Republicans here is make sure that we can lay out some very solid legislation that’s going to undo what the Democrats did,” Van Orden told The Hill last month.
- This remark echoes previous comments in which Van Orden characterized Obamacare as a “failed program” and called for its total repeal.
- Polling suggests Van Orden and Republicans are out of step with most voters. A new poll from KFF found that 84% of Obamacare enrollees want the subsidies extended. Another KFF poll found that a majority of enrollees will blame President Donald Trump and House Republicans for any spike in premiums.
