NEW: CAP report lays out how ACA repeal during a pandemic would lead to chaos in ways people haven’t even considered. americanprogress.org/issues/healthc…
#1: People with preexisting conditions and disabilities, including COVID-19 survivors, would be vulnerable to discrimination by insurers
Ways that ACA repeal would lead to chaos.
#2: ACA repeal would throw insurance markets into chaos as millions would lose coverage during a pandemic
Ways that ACA repeal would lead to chaos.
#3: Struggling small businesses and the self-employed could be priced out of coverage
Ways that ACA repeal during a pandemic would lead to chaos.
#4: Young people under the age of 26 could lose access to their parents’ insurance during this period of mass unemployment
Ways that ACA repeal during a pandemic would lead to chaos.
#5: Black, Native, and Latinx Americans who have been disproportionately harmed by COVID-19 would lose insurance in startling numbers
Ways that ACA repeal during a pandemic would lead to chaos.
#6: Insurers could again discriminate against women
Ways that ACA repeal during a pandemic would lead to chaos.
#7: For the tens of millions who would become uninsured, sending children to school becomes not only a health risk but a bankruptcy risk
Ways that ACA repeal during a pandemic would lead to chaos.
#8: Drug costs for seniors would soar, and millions more would not be able to afford their prescriptions during a public health crisis
Ways that ACA repeal during a pandemic would lead to chaos.
#9: Many hard-hit states would be further devastated by the elimination of Medicaid expansion
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