As I am sure most of you already know, the Trump administration has been trying to repeal Obamacare, also known as the Affordable Care Act, and unsuccessfully attempted to in March. However, as of this week, they have officially removed Obamacare and are replacing it with the GOP healthcare bill, which is the American Healthcare Act (AHCA). This is incredibly harmful to the millions of Americans who rely on Obamacare for all their medical expenses. There are people quite literally living off of Obamacare because without it, they would not be able to afford necessary medicines and/or medical procedures that are vital to their survival. Also, the MacArthur-Meadows amendment to this bill allows insurances companies to charge premiums to customers based on their health history, which was previously banned with Obamacare.

One of the most disturbing and completely outrageous part of this new bill is that sexual assault, postpartum depression, being a domestic violence survivor, and having a C-section is now all considered "pre-existing" conditions, and therefore not covered under the AHCA. How in the world are any of those "pre-existing" conditions? It is the government's way of discriminating against anyone who has been assaulted in some way, and really, discrimination against women. Recently, late night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel opened his show with a long monologue about his newborn son who was born with a heart condition. His son ended up needing heart surgery and will need more as he gets older. Kimmel pointed out that because of the AHCA, people like his son would not be able to have access to affordable healthcare because of his pre-existing condition. This is the new President of the United States and what he stands for. He is denying millions of people access to affordable healthcare. How does this help anyone? This is going to result in people in our country dying because they will not be able to afford their medicines or life-saving surgeries. This is sickening and disheartening. I would say that I cannot believe this is happening in our country, but given who we allowed to become President, I cannot say I am surprised, as heartbreaking as that sounds.

I am utterly disappointed. I am outraged. I am heartbroken. I am ashamed of our country. The United States is supposed to be the land of the free, a place where everyone has the same equal rights. With the AHCA, the right to healthcare has been stripped away from us. With all of the horrible things Trump has done and wants to do, we need to stand together now more than ever as country and fight this. Our voices need to be heard by government officials.

Source: https://www.bustle.com/p/sexual-assault-domestic-v...