There were a great many gains for Democrats and progressives Tuesday. From the massive number of women and people of color who will make the 116th Congress look a lot more like America to the hundreds of thousands of people who will now be able to get health care through Medicaid expansion, we made great strides forward. Those gains were made in huge part because health care was such a huge issue for voters. Following through on the Democrats’ promise to protect it means keeping the Affordable Care Act strong through robust enrollments.
The Trump administration is not going to make that happen, so that’s where Get America Covered and all of us step up. Use those skills you honed in getting out the vote to help take up the slack in providing outreach and public education on health care.
From now until Dec. 15, in most states people can go to Healthcare.gov to get health insurance. A handful of states have extended deadlines, which you can find here, as well as links to some helpful tools you can use yourself or share with all the friends you made in the last few weeks while getting out the vote.
If you already have insurance through the ACA, make sure you look again to see what your options for 2019 will be.
This really is critical to fulfilling the promise that all those new members of Congress made. The more people who are signed up and the more people whose care is on the line, the harder it will be for Trump to destroy the ACA.