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Dingell Statement on Decision to Pull ACA Repeal Bill

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U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) released the following statement after Republican leadership decided to pull its proposal to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) from the floor. “Today, bipartisan members of the House of Representatives came together to reject Republican’s disastrous proposal to repeal the Affordable Care Act because it was crystal clear this…

Dingell Provides History Lesson on Healthcare Reform

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As the House of Representatives prepares to vote on Republican’s proposal to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that will take the country backwards, former Congressman John Dingell reminds us of the decades-long history of healthcare reform with a tweet storm.  “For those who didn’t realize healthcare could be so complicated, John Dingell offered a history…

Dingell, State Representatives Hold Town Hall on Impact of ACA Repeal in Michigan

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U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12), State Representatives Donna Lasinski, Ronnie Peterson, Yousef Rabhi and Adam Zemke today held a town hall with Marianne Udow-Phillips, executive director of the Center for Healthcare Research and Transformation to discuss Republican’s proposal to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and what it means for Michigan. The town hall, moderated…

Dingell, Walberg Introduce Jessies Law to Bolster Fight Against Opioid Epidemic and Assist Recovering Addicts

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U.S. Representatives Debbie Dingell (MI-12) and Tim Walberg (MI-07) today reintroduced “Jessie’s Law,” a bipartisan bill named after Michigan resident Jessie Grubb who tragically died of an opioid overdose last year. Jessie’s Law would help ensure doctors have access to a consenting patient’s prior history of addiction in order to make fully informed care and…

Dingell Statement on CBO Score of Republicans ACA Repeal Bill

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U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) released the following statement after the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report detailing the impact of Republican’s proposal to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA).    “Today’s CBO score confirms what we already knew – that Republican’s proposal to repeal the Affordable Care…

Dingell Opposes Disastrous ACA Repeal Bill

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U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) released the following statement after voting against Republican’s proposal to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in the Energy and Commerce Committee. “After more than 27 hours of straight debate in committee, it is clear that the Republican’s proposal to repeal the ACA would mean less coverage, fewer protections and higher…

Dingell Blasts ACA Repeal Bill as a Catastrophe for Seniors, Children & Working Families

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U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) tonight blasted Republican’s proposal to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) during markup in the Energy and Commerce Committee for negatively impacting seniors, children and working families. The bill would end Medicaid expansion, known as Healthy Michigan, raise costs for seniors, and result in nearly 700,000 Michiganders losing their…

Dingell on ACA Repeal: We Will Not Go Down Without a Fight

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Today, U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) is fighting for quality, affordable health care for every American in the full Energy and Commerce Committee markup of the Republican’s proposal to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA). In her opening statement, Dingell said: “Our job is to represent the working men and women and their families of our district and to fight to…

Dingell, Health Care Providers & Patients Stress Importance of Protecting Affordable Care Act at Beaumont Hospital

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U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) today joined doctors, nurses, patients and administrators at Beaumont Hospital in Dearborn to discuss the importance of protecting the Affordable Care Act and the impact ACA repeal would have on hospitals and patients. Since the ACA was enacted in 2010, the uninsured rate in Michigan has fallen by more than 50 percent, with 695,000 residents…

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