Highlights:
November 2022: Lake: “We Need A Red Wave, And We Need To Overturn Obamacare And Come Up With Something Better.” According to the Huffington Post, “Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake called for repealing the Affordable Care Act at a campaign event on Monday, bringing up an issue all but forgotten by her Republican Party. ‘We need a red wave, and we need to overturn Obamacare and come up with something better,’ Lake said at a campaign event in Scottsdale. Her comments drew no audible reaction from the crowd.” [Huffington Post, 11/2/22]
AUDIO: October 2023: Lake: “We Had An Opportunity Under President Trump When He First Got In To Repeal Obamacare And Find A Better Alternative.” According to Lake via SoundCloud, “LAKE: We had an opportunity under President Trump when he first got in to repeal Obamacare and find a better alternative. And unfortunately, at the time, there were too many people secretly working against President Trump at that time.” [SoundCloud, 10/23/23]
2022: More Than 21 Million Americans Gained Health Care Coverage Due To The Affordable Care Act’s Expansion Of Medicaid. According to the Centers For Medicare & Medicaid Services, “Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Office of the Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE), released a report showing new estimates for coverage related to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), concluding that the total enrollment for Medicaid expansion, Marketplace coverage, and the Basic Health Program in participating states has reached an all-time high of more than 35 million people as of early 2022. The ASPE findings build on a report from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) showing a record-breaking 21 million people in more than 40 states and territories gained health care coverage thanks to the ACA’s expansion of Medicaid to low-income adults under 65.” [Centers For Medicare & Medicaid Services, 4/29/22]