178,000 Georgians lost health insurance between February and May
One in five Georgians under the age of 65 is now uninsured
Sen. Perdue continues to support lawsuit that would take health coverage away from more Georgia families during the pandemic
Atlanta, Ga. — A new report from Families USA finds that 178,000 Georgians lost their health insurance coverage between February and May, substantially due to job losses. Instead of working to ensure more Georgians have access to health care during the crisis, Senator David Perdue (R-Ga.) recently doubled down on his support of the Trump Administration’s lawsuit to destroy the ACA, which would put nearly half a million more Georgians at risk of losing their health insurance and gut protections for the 1.8 million Georgians with pre-existing conditions.
According to the report, roughly one in five Georgians under the age of 65 is now uninsured, the fourth-highest uninsured rate in the entire country — and the Perdue-backed lawsuit to destroy the ACA would make the situation much worse.
In a July 3 interview with FOX5 Atlanta’s Russ Spencer, Perdue doubled down on his support of the lawsuit, calling the ACA an “abomination” and a “debacle.”
Repeal of the ACA would put nearly half a million Georgians at risk of losing their health insurance altogether, and it could drastically cut funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the midst of the worst global pandemic in a century.
It would also gut protections for women, young people, and the 1.8 million Georgians with pre-existing conditions.
In the Senate, Perdue has voted repeatedly to rip health care away from Georgia families. He’s also opposed Medicaid expansion, which would help nearly half a million more Georgians get health insurance, and which could have saved dozens of rural hospitals that have closed or are struggling in Georgia in the past decade
“Senator Perdue continues to put the health industry donors and lobbyists that bankroll his campaign ahead of Georgia families — even during a pandemic,” said Ossoff. “Instead of preparing us for COVID-19, Perdue downplayed the crisis while trading medical and vaccine stocks to line his own pockets. Now, as hundreds of thousands of Georgians have lost their health care, Perdue supports litigation to take health coverage away from hundreds of thousands more.”
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