FACT CHECK: Heck on Healthcare

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Joe Heck would take away healthcare from 300,000 Nevadans while Catherine Cortez Masto wants to fix what needs to be fixed with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

  • Congressman Heck voted 37 times to repeal the Affordable Care Act and even voted to shut down the government to take away healthcare from nearly 300,000 Nevadans
  • Congressman Heck voted to take away protections that:
    • Prohibit insurance companies from denying coverage for pre-existing conditions
    • Prohibit insurance companies from charging women more than men for the same policy
    • Created no-cost preventive care
    • Allowed young adults to stay on their parent’s insurance plan.
  • Congressman Heck voted to prohibit any government funding of healthcare provided by Planned Parenthood

Alternatively:

  • Catherine Cortez Masto wants to keep what’s working with the Affordable Care Act and fix what’s not, like repealing the Cadillac tax on employer health plans.

Background

  1. Las Vegas Sun: Heck Voted To Repeal The Affordable Care Act At Least 37 Times And Was An “Outspoken Critic.” [Las Vegas Sun,  6/12/15]
  2. Heck Voted For GOP Budget Pushed By House Conservatives To See Through Their “War On The Health Care Law” That Resulted In Government Shutdown. [New York Times, 9/30/13; H.J. Res 59, Vote 504, 9/30/13]
  3. 208,774 Nevadans Have Gained Medicaid Or CHIP Coverage Because Of Medicaid Expansion. [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Care – Nevada, 11/2/15]
  4. Nevada Health Link: 88,145 Nevadans Gained Health Care Coverage Through ACA Exchange. [Nevada Health Link Press Release, 2/5/16]
  5. Under The Affordable Care Act, Health Insurance Companies Are Banned From Discriminating Against People With Pre-Existing Conditions – As Many As 1,157,045 Non-Elderly Nevadans Have Some Type Of Pre-Existing Health Condition, Including 162,452 [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Care – Nevada,  11/2/15]
  6. Under Healthcare Reform, Insurance Companies Cannot Charge Women More Than Men. [PolitiFact, 10/6/13]
  7. Under The Affordable Care Act, 633,000 Nevadans, Including 222,000 Women, Gained Preventive Service Coverage With No Cost-Sharing. [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Care – Nevada, 3/23/15]
  8. Under The Affordable Care Act, Young People Can Stay On Their Parents’ Health Insurance Until Age 26, Which Has Benefitted More Than 2.6 Million Who Would Otherwise Have Been Uninsured. “ [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Care – Nevada,  11/2/15]
  9. Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2015 [HR 3134, Roll 114-505, 9/18/2015, Aye]
  10. Repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund [HR1217, Roll 111-264, 4/13/2011, Aye]; Continuing Appropriations Act of 2016 which contains a provision to prohibit for 1 year, federal funds from being provided to Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., or any of its affiliates or clinics, for any purpose unless the entities certify that they will not perform abortions or provide funds to any entity that performs an abortion during the period. Includes exceptions for rape, incest, or a physical condition that endangers a woman’s life unless an abortion is performed, and to seek repayment of federal assistance received by Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., or any affiliate or clinic, if it violates the terms of the required certification [HConRes 79, Roll 114-527, 9/30/2015, Aye]; Budget for fiscal year 2016 (vetoed by the President and failure to override by Congress) which includes a provision that restricts for one year, the availability of federal funding to a state for payments to an entity such as Planned Parenthood [HR3762, Roll 114-568, 10-23-2015, Aye]