Skip to main content

DeLauro Slams Senate Vote to Repeal the Affordable Care Act

July 25, 2017

WASHINGTON, DC (July 25, 2017)Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) released the following statement regarding the Senate vote to proceed with the Affordable Care Act.

"The vote in the Senate to proceed today was shameful. While we don't know what bill the Senate Republicans will proceed to, we know that the Republican proposals to repeal and replace the ACA would unravel protections for patients with preexisting conditions, eliminate coverage for essential health benefits such as prescription drug coverage, hospitalization, and preventative care, and make healthcare unaffordable by raising premiums and deductibles. A repeal without a replacement would also mean 32 million people without insurance."

"The American people want a healthcare system that works for the middle class and the vulnerable, not just the wealthy and those with the most lobbyists. Republicans should join Democrats in supporting changes to the Affordable Care Act that will reduce premiums and deductibles, lower prescription drug prices, and increase the number of American's covered."