This is disgusting, bald-faced gaslighting bullshit. Gardner is utter garbage.
Here's my write-up on the 62-word bill @CoryGardner refers to. It's laughable for multiple reasons:
acasignups.net/20/08/20/color…
First of all, his bill wouldn't do *anything* unless the #ACA is struck down...which he's repeatedly voted to do and still wants to do.
Secondly, his bill wouldn't do anything *in Colorado* even if the #ACA is struck down because it duplicates existing state law.
Most importantly, his bill would cause premiums for individual market insurance policies to become INSANELY unaffordable, since it includes no financial subsidies or price-gouging protection *and* it does nothing to keep or replace the #ACA's Medicaid expansion provision.
His bill also doesn't include any minimum actuarial value requirement, no caps on out of pocket expenses and a return to annual & lifetime coverage limits. Young adults could no longer stay on their parents plans until age 26 unless your state happens to require it, and so on.
For instance, the orange section here shows what percent of household income a typical family of 4 living in Henrico County, VA has to pay for a benchmark Silver plan (w/#ACA's protections) today (ignore the blue section for now):
Now, the #ACA does have problems; one is that the financial subsidies don't go *far enough*...that's why you see that big spike right at 400% of the Federal Poverty Level (around $105,000/year for a family of 4). That's what the House Dem's #ACA2.0 bill would solve. HOWEVER...
...let's take a look at how much an individual market insurance policy for this same family would cost *without* the #ACA* and under @CoryGardner's bill (roughly):
(this isn't exact, because in Virginia specifically, the children would qualify for Medicaid/CHIP up to 200% FPL; the parents would qualify up to 49% FPL, which is why there's still a narrow slice at the very left side...but you get the idea).
Anyway, donate to @Hickenlooper and other Dems to help #FlipTheSenate today: secure.actblue.com/donate/retakes…
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