These Americans Hated the Health Law. Until the Idea of Repeal Sank In.
“The fact that people do without health insurance is a sin, in my opinion.”
Ms. Bell, 35, joined about 2,000 others for a women’s march in Doylestown after the inauguration,
and now makes calls to Representative Brian Fitzpatrick and Senator Patrick J. Toomey, both Republicans, urging them to protect the Affordable Care Act.
“The idea that you shouldn’t take coverage away really captured a large share of people who weren’t even helped by this bill,”
said Robert Blendon, a health policy expert at Harvard who has closely followed public opinion of the Affordable Care Act.
“As much as I was against it,” he said, “at this point I’m against the repeal.”
“Now that you’ve insured an additional 20 million people, you can’t just take the insurance away from these people,” he added.
By KATE ZERNIKE and ABBY GOODNOUGHJULY 20, 2017
DOYLESTOWN, Pa. — Five years ago, the Affordable Care Act had yet to begin its expansion of
health insurance to millions of Americans, but Jeff Brahin was already stewing about it.
“They’re trying to repeal Obamacare but they don’t have anything in place.”
Five years ago, people here could barely turn on their televisions without seeing negative ads warning
that the Affordable Care Act would lead to rationed care and bloated bureaucracy.
