Video Comes As Rep. MTG Continues Slamming House Republicans for Skipping Work
Today, ahead of open enrollment starting on November 1st, the Democratic Party of Georgia released a new video spotlighting how GOP U.S. Senate candidates Reps. Buddy Carter and Mike Collins have skipped out on work in DC for over a month after shutting down the government over their opposition to extending critical ACA tax credits for 1.4 million Georgians.
While Carter and Collins can’t even bother to show up to work, their constituents face potential average ACA premium increases of 296% and 345%, respectively, for an average 60-year-old couple.
95% of the Georgians who get their insurance on the ACA Marketplace rely on the tax credits to afford their plans.
“Buddy Carter and Mike Collins haven’t been to work in a month while 1.4 million Georgians are wondering whether or not they can expect to see their ACA premiums skyrocket,” said Democratic Party of Georgia Senior Communications Advisor Devon Cruz. “If Buddy Carter and Mike Collins won’t even show up to the jobs they already have to protect affordable health care for Georgians, they certainly don’t deserve a promotion to the U.S. Senate.”
- [RYAN NOBLES, NBC] “Open enrollment for many Americans begins on November 1st, which means that Congress is running out of time to impact the cost of premiums in the new year.”
- [MARISSA SARBAK, WXIA-NBC] “Gareth Fenley says she had no insurance before the Affordable Care Act. She’s hoping she won’t have to revert to that.”
- [GARETH FENLEY]“I just can’t believe that they’ll really do that. That they’ll really let them expire.”
- [DOUG REARDON, WANF-CBS] “Teresa Acosta here in Dunwoody closed down her small catering business and started looking for a job that will provide her a health coverage plan.”
- [JOBINA FORTSON-EVANS, WUPA]“Here in Georgia, the political standoff sparked a protest outside of Congressman Mike Collins’ office. Demonstrators in Monroe called on Collins to return to Washington and support Democrats’ plan to extend health care tax credits.”
- [CHARLIE BAILEY] “Two of these fools running for U.S. Senate, Mike Collins and Buddy Carter. In Mike Collins’ district [the] average increase of premium — 345% [for an average 60-year-old couple] if they don’t change this.”