UNMasking DeSantis

From Indivisible

The Trump administration’s Department of Justice announced it won’t defend any part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). This is the Trump administration’s clearest attempt yet, not just to sabotage, but to completely annihilate the ACA -- and in doing so, unleash chaos on our health care system and on millions of Americans.

This would

→ Jeopardize Medicaid expansion in 37 states.
→ end protections for preexisting conditions.
→ end coverage for young people who’d otherwise be able to stay on their parents’ plans until they turn 26.
→ end required coverage of preventive care -- like cancer screenings, vaccines, birth control, blood pressure tests and more.

Right now, there are three meaningful things that you can do to protect health care for millions while this makes its way through the courts:

1. Pressure House Democrats to use their oversight and investigatory power to hold the Trump administration accountable for their sabotage. Call them and demand that they ask the tough questions -- ask them what they’re doing about Trump’s attack on our health care right now.
2. Keep calling to get your members of Congress to commit to building on the success of the ACA and lay the groundwork for a single-payer system.Yes, ask your representatives to cosponsor Rep. Pramila Jayapal’s Medicare For All Act together ,Click here for script but go a step further. Demand your members of Congress lay the groundwork now for what comes next: that means holding hearings, hearing from experts, working through the policy debates, building consensus, and drafting legislation so that it’s ready when we take power. Your continued pressure can ensure that they do this.
3. Organize, organize, organize to reverse the radical, conservative transformation of our judicial system (read: win in 2020). Right now, that means asking your senators to fight like hell to block additional Trump appointees to district and circuit courts. It also means knocking doors to take back power in the Senate and the White House to ensure that our district and federal courts are occupied by qualified judges dedicated to safeguarding our rights and promoting justice -- not advancing partisan political goals.

The good news is that our team is working day in and day out to put resources and tools in the hands of Indivisibles across the country to build local power and do just that: hold members of Congress accountable for oversight, demand bold policy alternatives to Trump’s hateful agenda, and win in 2020.