(will be meeting with her on Monday).
Dina Titus may run as well.
Statement on Senator Heller’s Health Care Vote
Congresswoman Jacky Rosen, a former computer programmer and synagogue president, released the following statement on Republican Senator Dean Heller’s vote in favor of the latest GOP scheme to repeal the Affordable Care Act:
“Last month, Senator Heller promised that he could not vote for legislation that takes away insurance from tens of millions of Americans and hundreds of thousands of Nevadans. Last night, he voted to do just that. No politician from our state has ever been more dishonest about their intentions, more misleading about their position or more disingenuous to their constituents. This was the biggest broken political promise in modern Nevada history.
“Senator Heller’s vote for this ill-conceived repeal plan was a vote for higher premiums, millions of Americans losing coverage, and a death spiral for the insurance markets. No policy issue touches people’s lives in a more personal way than health care, and Senator Heller seems to have forgotten that there are real people back home who are struggling and terrified and would have suffered real-life consequences under this bill. And while Nevadans can breathe a little easier knowing that this disastrous plan did not pass, it’s clear that we cannot trust Senator Heller to protect our health care. Our current health care system is far from perfect, but I know we can work together to find smart solutions for the people of our state. That’s what I plan to do as Nevada’s next Senator.”
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimated that under this bill, premiums would increase by 20% each year and 16 million Americans would lose health insurance.
Earlier this week, Jacky Rosen’s campaign launched a powerful video responding to Senator Heller’s deciding vote to advance the Republican health care plan. Senator Heller is widely viewed as the weakest Republican Senator up for re-election in 2018. A statewide poll released last month found Jacky Rosen leading Senator Heller in a head-to-head matchup.
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