Rollback would benefit insurance companies

The Affordable Care Act provides Americans with more freedom and control in their health care choices.

It gives families freedom from worrying about losing their insurance, or having it capped unexpectedly if someone is in an accident or becomes sick. It frees Americans from the fear of insurance companies raising premiums by double digits with no recourse or accountability. It frees Americans from discrimination when insurance companies deny women health insurance because they are pregnant, or refuse to provide coverage to children who are born with disabilities.

It provides seniors with the freedom to get the care they need, including free preventive care, lower cost prescription drugs, and Medicare that they can count on.

But Republicans and the so-called “Tea Partyers” in Congress want to unravel the law that holds insurance companies in check. They would allow insurance companies to once again deny coverage to children with existing conditions, cancel coverage when people get sick, and limit the amount of care you can get — even if you need it.

Rolling back the Affordable Care Act, Republicans and the Tea Partyers are adding a trillion dollars to the deficit. The solution to these groups is cutting the education and health care programs, which no individual state can afford.

There comes a time when the lines are drawn and this is one of them. These people only listen to their special interests, not their conscience or the people who elected them.

Mara Meyer

Deerfield