Connecticut Politicians Plan Rally to Support Affordable Care Act

Four Connecticut Democratic politicians are planning “A Rally In Support of the Affordable Care Act’’ this coming Sunday at 1 p.m. at the State Capitol in Hartford.

U.S. Senators Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal and Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro, D-3, and Elizabeth Esty, D-5, are organizers of the event, which they are calling: “Our First Stand: Save Health Care.

President-elect Donald Trump has said that getting rid of the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, will be one of his first priorities once taking office on Jan. 20th.

The Senate will take its first steps toward repealing President Barack Obama's signature healthcare reform act
by the end of the week, Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said this past Sunday.

Speaking on CBS's "Face the Nation," McConnell said: "There ought not to be a great gap" between repealing the act and replacing it and that Republicans would be "replacing it rapidly after repealing it."

McConnell did not define what he meant by "rapidly." Another top Republican, House Majority Whip Steve
Scalise, told Fox News that it could take two years to fully replace the Affordable Care Act, popularly known as Obamacare.

"I think everybody recognizes that there will be a transition period," Scalise said. "President-elect Trump and our leaders have said nobody is going to get the rug pulled out from underneath them."

Those who support Obamacare say killing it will take health care away from millions of Americans, allow insurance companies to discriminate against people with pre-existing conditions, and raise health care costs among other catastrophic consequences.

By Jack Kramer

Correspondent

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