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Vote no

The American Health Care Act, passed by the House of Representatives, would take health care away from 23 million Americans, including 777,000 Pennsylvanians. S. Toomey must vote no on the Senate bill.

As a military veteran who uses the VA, and as someone who currently works in the health care field, I believe a single-payer Medicare-for-all system is the only one that will truly work. You may not agree with me, but we can probably agree that what is happening now is embarrassing, shameful and will do harm to us.

If the Senate bill is anything like the House’s — which we don’t know because they refuse to show anyone the bill or hold any public hearings — it will increase out-of-pocket costs, cause premiums to skyrocket, charge older Americans way more, take away coverage for basic benefits such as hospital stays and maternity care, return us to the days of lifetime caps, and far more all while gutting Medicaid.

It’s no secret that the Affordable Care Act has flaws, but Sen. Toomey should help fix them instead of taking us backward. Voting yes on the Senate health care bill would be a vote directly against me, my family and all Pennsylvanians.

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