Starting the very day of his inauguration, President Trump has since taken many steps to deliberately undermine and violate the letter and spirit of our nation’s health care laws, most notably the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and Medicaid. As president, Trump and his allies in Congress have worked to:

·       Destabilize health insurance markets, causing premiums to go up and insurers to leave.

·       Weaken vital consumer protections for people with pre-existing medical conditions.

·       Dumb-down the quality of health insurance people can get.

·       Create barriers for uninsured people to learn about and get help enrolling in health insurance.

·       Institute new requirements for poor people to enroll in and stay on Medicaid, like forcing them to work for their health insurance, take drug tests, or pay premiums.

·       Deny family planning and sexual health services to low-income and uninsured women.

Many of these moves are being challenged in the courts by various states’ Attorneys General and public interest law firms, who accuse Trump of violating provisions of the ACA and Medicaid law.  

As people begin to lose their insurance because of Trump administration actions, more and more New Yorkers will turn to places like Harlem Hospital for care, because our city’s public hospitals proudly treat everyone regardless of their ability to pay or whether or not they have insurance.

Join us to call out Trump for violating our health care laws!

Sponsors [list in formation]: African Communities Together; Campaign for NY Health; Citizen Action of NYC; Center for Independence of the Disabled-NY; Commission on the Public’s Health System in NYC; Communications Workers of America, Local 1180; District Council 37 and District Council 1707 AFSCME; Doctors for America-NY; Get Organized Brooklyn Safety Net Defenders; Health Care for America Now-NYC; Healthcare Education Project; Hunger Action Network of NYS; Indivisible Harlem; Metro NY Health Care for All; National Physicians Alliance-NY;  NY Immigration Coalition; NYS Nurses Association; Physicians for a National Health Program-NY Metro; Rise and Resist; UWS MoveOn-Indivisible Action Group