Trump helps push the ACA's future into election year spotlight

[LetMyPeopleVote]

Democrats are desperate to convince voters that the future of the ACA is on the ballot this year. Donald Trump and his party keep making their job easier.

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https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-helps-push-acas-future-election-year-spotlight-rcna145311

President Joe Biden was in North Carolina yesterday, focusing attention on one of his favorite issues: health care. The Democratic incumbent, making a pitch in a possible battleground state, talked up the Affordable Care Act, its recent victories, its impact in the state, and the president’s eagerness to build on the accomplishments.

But stepping back, it becomes clear that Biden’s effort was part of a larger campaign, largely built around the anniversary of Barack Obama signing the ACA into law. The former Democratic president released a new video about the reform law and its future this week, which came on the heels of a related ACA video last week from Obama, Biden, and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, each of whom touted the law’s successes, while warning of Donald Trump’s and the GOP’s plans to undo what’s been done.

Around the same time, Biden’s re-election campaign released an ad reminding the public about Trump’s intention to eliminate the popular and successful reform law.

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If Democrats hoped to goad the presumptive Republican nominee into once again going after the ACA, the plan worked......

Third, Democrats are desperate to convince voters that the future of the Affordable Care Act is on the ballot this year. Trump — and several leading congressional Republicans and the Republican Study Committee — keep making their job easier

[Cha]

1. TY!!

[Think. Again.]

2. Yeah, it's going to be a little bit harder now....

...for rightwingers to get away with trying to wreck the ACA now that their lord and saviour has bestowed his golden blessing upon it.

[Midnight Writer]

3. Maybe it is time to propose an expansion of the ACA and see if the Republicans shoot it down.

If they don't, ACA gets an expansion.

If they do, we pin it on them in the election.