THE FACTS

Florida Will Dump Trump for His Attempts to Rip Health Care Away from Millions

If Donald Trump wins a second term, it would be nearly impossible to stop him from destroying the current health care system and putting millions of Americans health care at risk. We have just one year left to stop him — we can do it.

Donald Trump repeatedly claimed that he’d make health care “much less expensive,” provide “much better coverage,” to “take care of everybody.” That hasn’t happened.

Instead, Trump’s only made things worse. While in office, Trump has repeatedly attempted to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and has even gone so far as to try to have the law overturned in court. The Tampa Bay Times reported that over the last two years Trump slashed the budget for health care navigators to assist those enrolling on the federal exchange. On September 10, Axios reported that the uninsured rate went up for the first time since the ACA was rolled out.

Throwing out the ACA has real consequences. Over 1.7 million Floridians used the ACA’s federal exchange to enroll in a health insurance plan last year — the most people from any single state. The Kaiser Family Foundation reported that 28 percent of non-elderly adult Floridians have a health condition that could get them denied health insurance or charged higher premiums without the ACA’s protections. And the Urban Institute reported that Florida could see the number of people uninsured increase by 1,560,000.

Nationwide, if Trump gets the Supreme Court to strict down the ACA, 21 million Americans could lose their health care.

Terrie Rizzo, chair of the Florida Democratic Party, called out Trump:

“Donald Trump isn’t trying to help Americans get access to health care, he is trying to gut the Affordable Care Act. If Trump cared about making health care better, he would not be trying to put the health care of millions at risk.”

Quick Facts

Almost 1 in every 3 non-elderly adult Floridians access to health insurance would be put at risk.
The Kaiser Family Foundation reported that 3,526,000 Floridians — 28 percent of non-elderly adult Floridians — have a health condition that could get them denied health insurance or charged higher premiums without the ACA’s protections.

Florida Would See Its Uninsured Rate Spike Up 67 Percent.
The number of people uninsured in Florida would increase by 1,560,000 under repeal compared to current Law.

New York Times: 21 Million Americans With Marketplace Or Medicaid Expansion Coverage Could Lose Health Insurance If The ACA Is Struck Down.
“Of the 23 million people who either buy health insurance through the marketplaces set up by the law (11.4 million) or receive coverage through the expansion of Medicaid (12 million), about 21 million are most at risk if Obamacare is struck down. That includes 9.2 million who receive federal subsidies.”