#OHSEN Field Doubles Down, Attacks Ohioans’ Healthcare
December 4, 2023
Columbus, OH – After Donald Trump promised to dismantle the Affordable Care Act if elected, Frank LaRose last week doubled down and supported jeopardizing care for millions of Ohioans:
Frank LaRose: “President Trump was right from day one…Obamacare continues to be a disaster and I will work with him when I’m in the U.S. Senate to fix the many mistakes of the Obama and Biden administrations.”
While LaRose doubles down, Bernie Moreno and Matt Dolan can’t outrun their dangerous, anti-healthcare records. If the #OHSEN field gets their way and dismantles the ACA, 857,000 Ohioans would be at risk of losing their coverage and nearly 2 million Ohioans with a preexisting condition could be denied healthcare.
What you need to know about Bernie Moreno, Frank LaRose, and Matt Dolan’s attacks on Ohioans’ healthcare:
- Bernie Moreno: “[The Affordable Care Act] actually made health care much more expensive. So we have to let the markets work… So that’s, that’s answer number one on healthcare.”
- Frank LaRose: “I’m committed now more than ever to work to repeal this bad law and replace it with real healthcare reform…”
- Matt Dolan: “[The Affordable Care Act] was conceived wrongly, implemented poorly and has become a tool of partisan grift.”
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- Trump’s recent pledge to “REPLACE IT with MUCH BETTER HEALTHCARE” gives these Democrats, many of whom ran on fighting the repeal of the popular health care law in 2018, a chance to retool their winning message from six years ago. Polls show that 60% of adults have a favorable view of the ACA, commonly known as Obamacare.
- In Ohio, Democrats aligned with Sen. Sherrod Brown jumped on Trump’s comments, using them to attack the three top Republicans vying to take on the incumbent next year. Reeves Oyster, a spokesperson for the Ohio Democratic Party, pledged Ohio voters “will know that Bernie Moreno, Frank LaRose, and Matt Dolan would attack their access to health care and side with insurance companies.”
- Trump’s comments could put Republican Senate candidates in a tough position, however, given many of these candidates are vying for his support in a primary and don’t want to be seen as breaking with their party’s preeminent power center.
- “President Trump was right from day one,” said Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose, one of three candidates running for the state’s Republican Senate nomination. “Obamacare continues to be a disaster and I will work with him when I’m in the U.S. Senate to fix the many mistakes of the Obama and Biden administrations.”
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