More than 200 attended the health care rally this afternoon in Eau Claire. The rally was organized by the Citizen Action Organizing Co-op of Western Wisconsin. Several people spoke on behalf of maintaining the ACA or an equivalent, including Rep. Dana Wachs. The crowd was spirited and strongly in support of strengthening the ACA rather than eliminating it. This rally was one of many across the nation today in support of affordable and accessible health care for all. I think the current administration will find it difficult to tell their constitutents that they are taking away the benefits of the ACA that go to people purchasing insurance on the health care exchanges, people on Medicare, and everyone else in the insurance market.
Since the GOP congress seems not to even be able to suggest what their replacement for the ACA will be, it's dangerous that they are hell-bent on ending the ACA before formulating a new plan. This is likely to throw the entire private insurance industry into the death spiral that the GOP has been predicting ever since the ACA was enacted. We need to stop this lunacy - improving the ACA is in everyone's interest, removing it is not in the interests of anyone.