Sarah McBride says GOP should protect Americans' health coverage, not criminalize trans kids' medical care

""We are two legislative days away from the Affordable Care Act tax credits expiring, when millions of people will see their health care premiums skyrocket," McBride said."

""And GOP leadership ... has decided to schedule two votes on anti-trans bills and precisely zero votes on extending the Affordable Care Act tax credits.""

""They would rather have us focus in and debate a misunderstood and vulnerable 1 percent of the population instead of focusing on the fact that they are gutting everyone's health care in order to pay for tax breaks for the wealthiest 1 percent," McBride said."

House Republican leaders scheduled votes on two anti-transgender bills while taking no action to extend expiring Affordable Care Act tax credits. The tax credits are set to expire in two legislative days, a change that would cause health insurance premiums to rise sharply for millions. Critics characterized the scheduled votes as an intentional distraction that prioritizes ideological attacks on a small, vulnerable population over preventing a widespread health-care cost increase. The criticism framed the choice as a trade-off that benefits the wealthy through tax breaks while undermining broad health-care access and failing to address imminent coverage and affordability problems.

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