ACLU Comment on Defeat of Senate Health Care Repeal

WASHINGTON —(ENEWSPF)–July 28, 2017.  The Senate today rejected the Health Care Freedom Act, a bill to repeal key provisions of the Affordable Care Act and block patients from care at Planned Parenthood. Republican Senators Susan Collins, John McCain, and Lisa Murkowski joined Democrats in opposing the legislation.

Faiz Shakir, national political director for the American Civil Liberties Union, had the following reaction:

“The defeat of the Senate health care repeal effort is a…