The document discusses the Democrat's healthcare platform and support for the Affordable Care Act. It notes that the ACA has provided healthcare coverage to about 16.4 million Americans, reduced the uninsured rate by over a third, and ensured access to contraception. The platform expresses commitment to continuing improving healthcare access and affordability.

1. Friday, October 9, 2015
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Democrat healthcare platform
Government
- “Mitt Romney and the Republican Party would repeal health reform... No law is
perfect...but we are committed to moving forward... The Affordable Care Act is not the
end of efforts to improve health care for all Americans.”
- “The Affordable Care Act ensures that women have access to contraception in their
health insurance plans.”
- President Obama fulfilled a promise that Democrats have pursued for nearly a
century: making quality, affordable health care available to all Americans.
- Every American should have access to quality health care, and no one should go
bankrupt just because they get sick.
- Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, about 16.4 million Americans gained health care
coverage and the uninsured rate has been reduced by more than a third. Among the
newly insured are 2.3 million young adults who are covered because the Affordable
Care Act allows them to stay on their parent’s insurance until age 26. Discrimination
based on pre-existing conditions is now illegal, and nearly 8 in 10 Americans who
recently shopped for health insurance in the marketplace could get it for less than
$100 per month.
- The Affordable Care Act has also allowed states to expand Medicaid to help even
more Americans get covered. Twenty-eight states have expanded Medicaid, and
Medicaid and SCHIP enrollment has risen 26 percent.
- The Affordable Care Act also provides tax credits to small businesses to help offset
the costs of employee coverage and tax credits to help families pay for insurance. We
are also experiencing health care spending growth at its lowest level in 50 years.