Received this e-mail today from Gretchen Whitmer’s (D. MI) gubernatorial campaign:
I just saw the Senate health care repeal bill that was crafted behind closed doors, and it is truly heartless.
I’m so proud of my work helping to expand health care to 630,000 people in our state through Healthy Michigan -- and I can tell you one thing, I’m not going to stand quietly by as Washington tries to drive up the cost of our care and eliminate it for tens of thousands.
Our families deserve better.
Let’s tell our leaders in Washington that we fought too hard for them to raise our costs and take health care away from the hard-working people of Michigan.
This bill will drive up costs, hit Michigan’s rural communities hard, and rip health care away from the people who need it the most. It’ll threaten the thousands of jobs that Healthy Michigan brought to our state, and even undermine our work to address the opioid crisis that’s attacking our neighborhoods.
And of course, those with pre-existing conditions will struggle to find affordable care that will cover them. This will cost Michigan big.
As a mom, a prosecutor, and a former legislator, I’ve never backed down from some of our toughest challenges.
And it’s clear neither Lansing or Washington are looking out for us, so it’s up to all of us to fight for Michigan together.
Add your name to stand up to Washington DC’s attempts to take health care away from thousands of Michiganders.
Thank you,
Gretchen
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