LANSING — In a new announcement, Trump said that he would not support an extension of the ACA premium tax credits that help keep health care more affordable for middle-class families, and instructed Republicans not to “waste” their time on it. This comes after Trump’s tax law slashed Medicaid while insurers drop coverage for hundreds of thousands of Michiganders and health care costs skyrocket due to price hikes supported by Mike Rogers, the Republican gubernatorial candidates, and every Michigan Republican in Congress. In response, Chair of the Michigan Democratic Party Curtis Hertel released the following statement:
“If Mike Rogers, the Republican candidates for governor, and the Michigan GOP think their party can force these health-care price hikes on working families without consequences, they’re in for a rude awakening. Michigan voters will remember these Republicans sided with Trump’s plan to jack up their health care costs to pay for tax handouts for billionaires, and they will hold them accountable at the ballot box.”
Background
- Mike Rogers “firmly supported” the Republican tax law that failed to extend ACA tax credits while giving tax handouts to millionaires like himself. Rogers has stood with national Republicans who refuse to negotiate with Democrats in order to prevent Michigan families’ health care costs from skyrocketing.
- Each of the Republican candidates for governor have supported the disastrous GOP tax law—with John James even casting one of the deciding votes, while he’s dodged questions on the health care price hikes and even kept the door open to ending Medicaid expansion entirely in Michigan. Aric Nesbitt called the law a “win,” Tom Leonard said ‘Yes, I support that. 100%’ when asked about cuts to Medicaid, and Mike Cox cheered the tax law’s passage.
- Every Michigan Republican in the U.S. House—Jack Bergman, John Moolenaar, Bill Huizenga, Tim Walberg, Tom Barrett, and Lisa McClain—voted for the GOP tax law that failed to extend ACA tax credits.
