Aloha –
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While you were out celebrating the Fourth of July with family and friends yesterday, you might have missed this big news:
Linda Lingle wants to repeal the Affordable Care Act — President Obama’s landmark health care reform legislation!
Yesterday, she told the Honolulu Star-Advertiser: “If it is a straight ‘repeal or not repeal’ of the (federal law) as-is without any changes, I would vote to repeal.”
I think Lingle was hoping to bury this announcement on a holiday, so nobody except the right-wing mainland funders to whom she panders would notice.
Well, we noticed. And we can’t let her get away with it.
Tell Linda Lingle that she’s wrong to oppose the Affordable Care Act: Sign my petition now!
Linda Lingle’s announcement is disappointing, but predictable. After all, Lingle has pledged her allegiance to the Washington Republicans who view her election as their ticket to a GOP-controlled Senate and to accomplishing their top priority: repealing the Affordable Care Act.
As you and I know, millions of Americans benefit from the historic reforms this legislation has and will continue to put in place.
If you have a pre-existing condition, you’re covered. If you become seriously ill, your insurance company can’t impose limits on your benefits. If you’re a woman, you won’t see higher premiums because of your gender. If you’re under 26, you can stay on your parents’ health plans. If you’re on Medicare, you will continue to pay less for your prescription drugs and have access to preventative health care. And if you don’t have coverage, you can find it, affordably.
Linda Lingle and her Republican allies really want to take all that progress away and return to the broken status quo. Show them that that is unacceptable.
I am proud to have worked with President Obama to expand access to affordable health care coverage while protecting Hawaii’s Prepaid Health Care Act — and I will be proud to continue to make sure everyone has access to affordable, quality health care when I’m in the Senate.
That is what is right for the people of Hawaii.
Mahalo,
Mazie Hirono
You bring up an important point. The GOP platform wants to repeal the Healthcare Act which actually DECREASES the deficit (Pres. Obama removed over $700billion in profits and overcharges while at the same time extending and preserving benefits for the citizens).
But the GOP never say what they want to do except
1) de-fund Medicaide by over 50% (letting millions of poor people go without any healthcare which just shifts the burden of caring for them to the states in a much more expensive way)
2) Turn Medicare into a voucher system, again shifting the cost to the elderly and the states who will have to pick up their healthcare when they are unable to buy insurance with their inadequate vouchers – again a more expensive system.
3) Raise the age of retirement in Social Security.
Linda Lingle(R) has already said she’s on board with raising the SS retirement age. One must assume that she will go along with the GOP on the rest of their platform. All it takes if for a split Senate and Paul Ryan as VP will cast the deciding vote.
You want to help Paul Ryan be the deciding vote? Vote Lingle.
BTW – although the GOP started this Obamacare meme in a derogatory sense, we Democrats have PROUDLY taken it over. As the President says, if this is what my legacy is and has my name attached to it, that is a very good thing to be remembered for!
Also, it reminds us that ObamaCare(s)
Someone needs to get Ms. Lingle to elucidate her policy positions on the Affordable Care Act (please refrain from calling it “Obama Care”; plays right into this policy being extraineous), women’s reproductive rights, medicare, equal pay, ending the afganistan war. For what issues is she is willing to trade her votes to get her Tourism Committee? She has got to be willing to carry huge water and do some heavy lifting for the Senate GOP leadership to award her her own committee. Her ads so far present her as a RINO, someone innocuous enough for Hawaii people, read: Democrats, to rehire her with a promotion no less. Contrary to what some may think, Hawaii is not becoming more conservative. Please win this election!!