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Search results for "hundreds of thousands of Georgians lose their health care"

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Stacey Evans stated on August 05, 2017 in a statement sent to the Atlanta Journal Constitution:
There are"thousands of Georgia workers that are misclassified as independent contractors," who lose benefits, including health care.  
By Jon Greenberg• August 10, 2017
Judson Hill stated on March 07, 2012 in a speech:
"Every 1 percent increase in the cost of health insurance today causes about 30,000 Georgians to be uninsured."
By Eric Stirgus• March 20, 2012
David Perdue stated on July 28, 2017 in a statement:
Because of the failure to pass a repeal bill, "Obamacare remains the law of the land ... This means more than 300,000 Georgians below the poverty line will still not have access to the insurance Obamacare promised."
By Louis Jacobson• August 3, 2017
Barack Obama stated on February 19, 2013 in a speech in Washington, D.C.:
If the sequester hits, "hundreds of thousands of Americans will lose access to primary care and preventive care like flu vaccinations and cancer screenings."
By Louis Jacobson• February 21, 2013
Lynn Westmoreland stated on November 14, 2013 in a tweet:
"Only 536 Georgians are signed up for Obamacare while 400,000 in the state lost their health insurance."
By Eric Stirgus• November 27, 2013
Georgians Together stated on September 23, 2014 in television attack ad:
David Perdue "proposes rolling back the clock on women’s health care."  
By Nancy Badertscher• October 1, 2014
Wendy Davis stated on June 09, 2012 in her speech at Texas Democratic Party State Convention in Houston:
Says because of Texas lawmakers’ choices, "hundreds of thousands of women no longer have access to basic medical care, life-saving cancer screenings and contraception."
By Sue Owen• June 27, 2012
Sam Brown Petsonk stated on September 14, 2020 in a tweet:
A lawsuit against the Affordable Care Act backed by West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey “would eliminate health care for over 800,000 West Virginians.”
By Dijonee Davis, Jackson Wenig• November 1, 2020
Kevin Bloye stated on March 11, 2011 in AJC story:
Roughly 700 Georgians die needlessly each year because they are too far from a trauma center.
By M.B. Pell• June 10, 2011
Nathan Deal stated on April 13, 2011 in a speech:
"Over the last 10 years, Georgia's public health has declined."
By Willoughby Mariano• April 25, 2011
Eric Gray stated on November 03, 2011 in a speech:
Georgia is one of seven states to lose jobs in 2011 and has lost 8,200 jobs so far.
By Eric Stirgus• November 30, 2011
Karen Handel stated on August 20, 2013 in an email:
Congress secured special Obamacare rules "to prevent their healthcare costs from rising."  
By Eric Stirgus• September 3, 2013
Americans for Prosperity Georgia chapter stated on February 17, 2014 in an article:
"Obamacare will mean 2.1 million fewer jobs by 2021."
By Eric Stirgus• February 24, 2014
Nancy Pfotenhauer stated on January 27, 2010 in an interview on CNN:
The president's health care proposals will cause "most Americans to have their premiums increased, not decreased, and hundreds of millions of people lose their current insurance coverage."
By Angie Drobnic Holan• January 28, 2010
Marco Rubio stated on October 22, 2013 in an interview on "The O'Reilly Factor.":
In Florida, "300,000 people are going to lose their individual coverage because of Obamacare. Now those people next year, they don’t have health insurance."
By Amy Sherman• October 25, 2013
Jeff Merkley stated on November 04, 2013 in a newspaper article.:
Says the Affordable Care Act has already reduced the number of uninsured in Oregon by 10 percent.
By Ian K. Kullgren• November 13, 2013
Raphael Warnock stated on November 05, 2020 in an ad:
Says Kelly Loeffler is "for getting rid of health care in the middle of a pandemic."
By Tom Kertscher• November 20, 2020
JD Vance stated on September 28, 2025 in an interview:
“Democrats are threatening to shut down the entire government because they want to give hundreds of billions of dollars of health care benefits to illegal aliens.”
By Maria Ramirez Uribe• October 1, 2025
Jeff Mullis stated on March 06, 2013 in a meeting:
Georgia loses "millions of dollars of revenue because people go out of state to buy fireworks."
By Eric Stirgus• March 22, 2013
Donald Trump stated on May 31, 2016 in a news conference:
"We're losing thousands of (veterans) waiting on line" because they can't get speedy health care from the Veterans Administration.  
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• June 1, 2016

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