Washington, D.C. - Congressman Dave Loebsack released the following statement today after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the tax breaks included in the Affordable Care Act to help low-income Americans purchase health insurance are constitutional.
"Today`s Supreme Court decision is a big relief for the thousands of Iowa families who would have faced large, unforeseen, out of pocket increases in their health care costs. If Republicans would have had their way thousands of young adults under 26 would lose their insurance, women would again be considered a second class citizen, seniors would have to pay more for their medications and 43,000 children in Southeast Iowa would be denied insurance because they had a preexisting condition. Congress clearly meant for these tax breaks to be available to anyone who qualified, no matter where they lived. It is time we move forward and work to strengthen this law, not continue to try and dismantle it."
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