Unable to block Trump's nominee, Democrats are appealing to pandemic-weary voters who are concerned about health care to exact revenge at the ballot box.
WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats came to the first day of the Supreme Court hearings Monday with a singular message: Health care coverage and protections for millions of Americans are at risk if Amy Coney Barrett is confirmed.
And they noted that Trump, after picking Barrett to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, tweeted that it’d be “a big WIN for the USA” if the ACA is “terminated by the Supreme Court.” The issue appears to be driving Joe Biden's lead in the presidential race. An NBC/Wall Street Journal poll released this month found that voters trust Biden over Trump by 19 points on dealing with health care.
"Her job will be to talk about the law and how you would apply the law to any litigation — whether it be guns, health care, abortion, campaign finance, and I think she'll do a good job," Graham, who faces a tough re-election race and is being attacked on health care, told reporters. But there is deep disagreement between the parties over policy regarding pre-existing conditions. The ACA, which Cruz and most of his colleagues have fought to repeal, required insurers to accept all customers, barred them from charging higher prices to people with past illnesses, and required plans to cover a minimum set of benefits.
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