What's next at the national level with health care reform?

A last ditch effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) failed last night/early this morning in the Senate. So...for the moment...things are over. Find out exactly what happened:

• Why Senate Republicans couldn’t repeal Obamacare - Vox, 7/28/17
• What McCain did was hard. What Murkowski and Collins did was harder - Vox, 7/28/17
• House Republicans despair after health care collapse - Politico, 7/28/17

Thank you, you did it!

"As you are no doubt aware, last night the U.S. Senate failed to pass an ACA repeal bill. Congratulations!  You raised your voice. You made phone calls and signed petitions. You showed up for rallies and town hall meetings. You stayed engaged and demonstrated the power of many voices coming together.  You can breathe a sigh of relief that we have salvaged health care for millions of Americans. The proposals that were put forward for repeal would have increased the number of uninsured in this country by at least 15 million, destabilized insurance markets and reduced consumer protections. All the proposals were fatally flawed. But, while we can and should take a moment to celebrate this victory, we do so knowing that there is a great deal of work to be done to improve access, affordability and equity in our health care system. Now, with the repeal votes behind us, we hope that we have the opportunity to pursue thoughtful, well-grounded solutions in a transparent and bipartisan way. Let's move forward to pursue policies that will increase equity, affordability and access and reduce costs in the health care system.

What next?

Thank Senator Bennet for his no votes: Denver: (303) 455-7600 DC: (202) 224- 5852 Attend Colorado Lives on the Line Rally: July 29, City Park, 10AM, RSVP HERE Celebrate milestones! July 30th is the 52nd Anniversary of Medicaid and Medicare

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Protect Our Care Colorado is a coalition managed by the Colorado Consumer Health Initiative