Health care matters

In poll after poll this election season, health care is consistently at the top of the list of voters’ concerns.

There’s good reason for that — we have a lot at stake in this election, especially those of us who have loved ones with pre-existing conditions or have pre-existing conditions ourselves. The Trump administration’s actions this week on health care and its continued attacks on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) endanger our coverage and drive up costs for families across the country. In addition, Republicans in Congress have vowed to try again to repeal the ACA, should they do well this election cycle. That could put millions across the country at risk for losing their coverage.

This midterm election, it is critically important for us all to be health care voters. Health care voters will hold our leaders accountable for the actions they’ve taken to try to roll back health care, vote for candidates who will protect the gains we’ve made in coverage, and work to make sure that everyone has access to quality, affordable health care coverage. We also won’t be fooled by Republican politicians who are now trying to distance themselves from the actions they took to try to roll back protections for pre-existing conditions.

Since it was passed, moms, dads, brothers, sisters, doctors, nurses and so many others have had to fight, time and time again, to protect the ACA. This election season, let’s all vote to protect our health care.

DENNIS HOULIHAN

Penn Hills