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Statement

MomsRising Leader Praises U.S. Senator McCain for Putting the Health of Moms and Families Ahead of Partisan Interests, Urges Other Senators to Do Same

September 22, 2017
Health Care

Lisa Lederer, 202-371-1996

Statement from Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, executive director and CEO of MomsRising, a national online and on-the-ground organization of more than 1 million mothers and their families
“We thank and commend U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) for his principled decision, announced today, to vote against the Graham-Cassidy-Heller-Johnson health care repeal bill, which would do tremendous harm to women, mothers, children and our economy. Senator McCain is right that health care is too important to be reformed on a partisan basis and that no reform bill should be rushed through the U.S. Senate with just one sham hearing and without a complete analysis by the Congressional Budget Office.
 
“The Graham-Cassidy-Heller-Johnson bill deserves to be defeated. It is the worst, most heartless repeal bill Congress has considered. It would cause 32 million people to lose their coverage, cause premiums to skyrocket, endanger coverage for people with pre-existing conditions, end Medicaid expansion, impose deep cuts to Medicaid, defund Planned Parenthood health centers, and impose punitive work requirements on Medicaid enrollees—penalizing women who do not return to work shortly after childbirth.
 
“MomsRising’s more than one million members stand firmly against repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). We have taken hundreds of thousands of actions in opposition to repeal, and will continue working tirelessly to protect our health and ensure that the full Senate rejects Graham-Cassidy-Heller-Johnson. We will shortly be announcing other actions around the country early next week to thank Senators who have committed to oppose this bill and remind others what their constituents have at stake.”
 

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MomsRising.org is an on-the-ground and online grassroots organization of more than a million people who are working to increase family economic security, decrease discrimination against women and moms, and to build a nation where businesses and families can thrive. Established in 2006, MomsRising and its members are organizing and speaking out to improve public policy and to change the national dialogue on issues that are critically important to America’s families, including criminal justice reform, immigration policy reform, and gun safety. MomsRising is working for paid family and medical leave, affordable, high quality childcare and early learning, and for an end to the wage and hiring discrimination which penalizes women — particularly moms and women of color — and so many others. MomsRising advocates for access to healthy food for all kids, health care for all, earned sick days, and breastfeeding rights so that all children can have a healthy start. MomsRising maintains a Spanish language website: MamásConPoder.org. Sign up online at www.MomsRising.org — and follow us on our blog, and on Twitter and Facebook.