{"id":93714,"date":"2018-05-18T05:28:30","date_gmt":"2018-05-18T09:28:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=93714"},"modified":"2018-05-17T11:32:09","modified_gmt":"2018-05-17T15:32:09","slug":"central-new-yorkers-speak-out-social-media-campaign-launches-to-highlight-human-impact-of-trumptax-and-healthcare-sabotage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=93714","title":{"rendered":"\u201cCentral New Yorkers Speak Out\u201d social media campaign launches to highlight human impact of TrumpTax and healthcare sabotage"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"\u201cCentral New Yorkers Speak Out\u201d social media campaign launches to highlight human impact of TrumpTax and healthcare sabotage<\/strong><\/p>\n

Speak Out CNY Will Publish a Series of Stories from Residents of\u00a0NY-22\u00a0<\/a>&\u00a0NY-24<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

In First Story, Resident of Tenney\u2019s District Shares How The Affordable Care Act Saved His Son\u2019s Life \u2013 And Future<\/em><\/p>\n

By Will Brunelle of Speak Out CNY<\/em><\/p>\n

Speak Out Central New York today launched\u00a0<\/strong>a new social media campaign to highlight how real Central New Yorkers will be punished by Congressman John Katko\u2019s and Congresswoman Claudia Tenney\u2019s consistent votes to reward wealthy campaign donors and undermine American healthcare \u2013 including taking insurances away from tens of thousands of their own constituents.<\/p>\n

Stan Scobie, a Central New Yorker and constituent of Claudia Tenney\u2019s,\u00a0shared the first story<\/a>\u00a0of the \u201cCentral New Yorkers Speak Out\u201d campaign:<\/p>\n

\u201cJust six months before the Affordable Care Act went into effect, my son suffered from sudden cardiac arrest. He died twice before finally being resuscitated. He survived, but because he was uninsured, he faced more than $500,000 in medical bills and ultimately declared medical bankruptcy.<\/p>\n

“Because of the ACA, my son has been able to become well-employed and medically insured. But without the constant attacks and attempts by the GOP to delay its passage, David\u2019s condition would have been covered, and he could have avoided bankruptcy and lived a fuller life.<\/p>\n

To Congresswoman Claudia Tenney, who has repeatedly tried to take our health care away, I want to say that the ACA didn\u2019t just save my son\u2019s life; it saved his future.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stan\u2019s powerful story was recently featured in a\u00a0letter to the editor<\/a>\u00a0printed in the Binghamton\u00a0Press & Sun-Bulletin,\u00a0<\/em>and is only one of thousands of similar stories across both Tenney\u2019s and Katko\u2019s districts. The months-long campaign will feature stories from both districts, emphasizing how the ongoing Republican healthcare sabotage robs millions of New Yorkers of access to healthcare, and how the TrumpTax funnels more than 80 percent of its benefits to the richest 1 percent, while leaving working families, students, the elderly and more to fend for themselves.<\/p>\n

Both Tenney and Katko voted in December to pass the TrumpTax, which repealed the ACA\u2019s individual mandate and \u2013\u00a0by the admission of even former Trump officials<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 is expected to drive up healthcare premiums nationwide, forcing millions to forgo medical insurance and threatening millions of working families with extreme debt and a lack of access to life-saving care.<\/p>\n

Tenney also voted last May to repeal the Affordable Care Act, which would have stripped insurance from 37,800 of her own constituents, and threatened access to insurance for the nearly 300,000 people in her district who suffer from pre-existing conditions.<\/p>\n

See the first posts of the campaign here:<\/strong><\/p>\n