Doug Jones: If Trump, McConnell and Tuberville have their way, the ACA will go away
Alabama Sen. Doug Jones on Wednesday expressed concerns that the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare, could be overturned by the Supreme Court in the coming weeks and that is what President Donald Trump, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, and Jones’s opponent, Tommy Tuberville, want to happen.
“If the Trump administration, Mitch McConnell and Tommy Tuberville have their way, it would all go away,” Jones said. “I am very concerned about the loss of the Affordable Care Act as it faces a Supreme Court test in a few weeks.”
Jones said Alabama would benefit from expanding Medicaid.
“Alabama lost out on billions of dollars, and it would have helped people in this state so much had they put their politics aside, had they put the Republican power politics aside down in Montgomery, and expanded Medicaid and given good health care coverage to so many people in the state — over 300,000 people,” Jones said.
“14.8 million people across this country have benefited through expanded Medicaid,” Jones claimed. “Alabama is not one of them. And it’s a shame.
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(Alabama Political Reporter)