{"id":1862,"date":"2017-09-22T13:39:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-22T13:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/democrats.org\/blog\/2017\/09\/22\/opposition-to-graham-cassidy-heller-continues-to-grow\/"},"modified":"2017-09-22T13:39:00","modified_gmt":"2017-09-22T13:39:00","slug":"opposition-to-graham-cassidy-heller-continues-to-grow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/opposition-to-graham-cassidy-heller-continues-to-grow\/","title":{"rendered":"Opposition To Graham-Cassidy-Heller Continues To Grow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As each day passes, the opposition to Graham-Cassidy-Heller continues to grow. Nearly everyone opposes this bill, except for Republican Senators who have to lie about it. The question is:&nbsp;<strong>Who do you trust?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>8 Republican governors oppose Graham-Cassidy-Heller:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>New Jersey Governor Chris Christie<\/p>\n<p>Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval<\/p>\n<p>New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez<\/p>\n<p>Ohio Governor John Kasich<\/p>\n<p>Maryland Governor Larry Hogan<\/p>\n<p>Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker<\/p>\n<p>Vermont Governor Phil Scott<\/p>\n<p>Alaska Governor Bill Walker (I)<\/p>\n<p><strong>State Medicaid directors oppose Graham-Cassidy-Heller:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/healthcare\/351846-medicaid-directors-warn-repeal-bill-would-be-largest-transfer-of-financial&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1506432053742000&amp;usg=AFQjCNF79hgrNNKLvRkcSGBnOE3JxI8Knw\" href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/healthcare\/351846-medicaid-directors-warn-repeal-bill-would-be-largest-transfer-of-financial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Hill<\/a>: &ldquo;The National Association of Medicaid Directors (NAMD) warned Republicans&nbsp;<span data-term=\"goog_54754414\" tabindex=\"0\">on Thursday<\/span>&nbsp;that the Senate&#39;s latest ObamaCare repeal bill would place a massive burden on states.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Doctors&rsquo; groups oppose Graham-Cassidy-Heller:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>American Medical Association<\/p>\n<p>American College of Physicians<\/p>\n<p>American Academy of Pediatrics<\/p>\n<p>Association of American Medical Colleges<\/p>\n<p>HIV Medicine Association<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hospital groups oppose Graham-Cassidy-Heller:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>American Hospital Association<\/p>\n<p>Alaska State Hospital and Nursing Home Association<\/p>\n<p><strong>Patient and advocacy groups oppose Graham-Cassidy-Heller:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>AARP<\/p>\n<p>Planned Parenthood<\/p>\n<p>NAACP<\/p>\n<p>American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network<\/p>\n<p>March of Dimes<\/p>\n<p>American Heart Association<\/p>\n<p>American Lung Association<\/p>\n<p>ALS Association<\/p>\n<p>National Health Council<\/p>\n<p>Arthritis Foundation<\/p>\n<p>National Organization for Rare Diseases<\/p>\n<p>National Multiple Sclerosis Society<\/p>\n<p>Volunteers of America<\/p>\n<p>Women Heart<\/p>\n<p>Lutheran Services in America<\/p>\n<p>Cystic Fibrosis Foundation<\/p>\n<p>Family Voices<\/p>\n<p>American Diabetes Association<\/p>\n<p>JDRF Diabetes Foundation<\/p>\n<p>National Council for Behavioral Health<\/p>\n<p>The Alzheimer&rsquo;s Association and Alzheimer&rsquo;s Impact Movement<\/p>\n<p><strong>Insurers oppose Graham-Cassidy-Heller:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Blue Cross Blue Shield Association<\/p>\n<p>America&rsquo;s Health Insurance Plans<\/p>\n<p>Kaiser Permanente<\/p>\n<p><strong>The American people oppose Graham-Cassidy-Heller:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A new&nbsp;<a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/www.savemycare.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/NationalResults.pdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1506432053742000&amp;usg=AFQjCNH7RTtm5eBexyU7B_vHo_Z-xKNb3A\" href=\"http:\/\/www.savemycare.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/NationalResults.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Public Policy Polling poll<\/a>&nbsp;showed that only 24% of Americans approve of the Graham-Cassidy-Heller health care repeal bill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As each day passes, the opposition to Graham-Cassidy-Heller continues to grow. Nearly everyone opposes this bill, except for Republican Senators who have to lie about it. The question is:&nbsp;Who do you trust? 8 Republican governors oppose Graham-Cassidy-Heller: New Jersey Governor Chris Christie Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez Ohio Governor John Kasich <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Opposition To Graham-Cassidy-Heller Continues To Grow - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/opposition-to-graham-cassidy-heller-continues-to-grow\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-09-22T13:39:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/opposition-to-graham-cassidy-heller-continues-to-grow\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/opposition-to-graham-cassidy-heller-continues-to-grow\/\",\"name\":\"Opposition To Graham-Cassidy-Heller Continues To Grow - 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