{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.manchin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/manchin-statement-on-supreme-court-hearing-oral-arguments-for-affordable-care-act-challenge", "Manchin Statement On Supreme Court Hearing Oral Arguments For Affordable Care Act Challenge", "2020-11-10", "2020", "2020-11", "Democrat", "House", "WV", "Joe Manchin", "M001183", "www.manchin.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "November 10, 2020\n\t\t\t Manchin Statement On Supreme Court Hearing Oral Arguments For Affordable Care Act Challenge \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tWashington, DC  Today, U.S. Senator Joe\r\nManchin (D-WV) issued the following statement on the Supreme Court of the\r\nUnited States hearing oral arguments in the challenge to the Affordable Care\r\nAct (ACA), California v. Texas. Today the Supreme Court is hearing oral\r\narguments for a challenge to the ACA that could determine whether 800,000 West\r\nVirginians with preexisting conditions will have healthcare coverage.\r\nTheCOVID-19 pandemic has killed over 238,000 Americans and caused record\r\nnumbers to lose their employee sponsored healthcare, leaving millions without\r\ncoverage. It is clear Americans need healthcare coverage now more than\r\never.West Virginians may not remember who gave them access to healthcare\r\nbut they'll certainly remember who took it away.According to the West\r\nVirginians for Affordable Health Care (WVAFC), West Virginia would be the\r\nsecond most affected state if the ACA is repealed, resulting in a devastating\r\n$1 billion loss in direct federal funding. While the ACA is not perfect, we\r\nsimply can't throw the baby out with the bath water. I firmly believe Congress\r\ncan work in a bipartisan way to improve the affordability and flexibility of\r\nhealth insurance. In fact, I have a bipartisan bill with my colleague Senator\r\nSusan Collins that would help cover the cost of the sickest, most expensive\r\npatients so that we can reduce premiums for everyone. Instead of continuing to\r\nattack access to healthcare, I urge more Republican lawmakers and Attorneys\r\nGeneral to join with me and my Democrat colleagues to fix the parts of the ACA\r\nin need of repair. Every West Virginian and American deserves access to\r\nquality, affordable health insurance and I will continue fighting in the Senate\r\nto protect that access.\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t  \n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t\n\t\t\tPrint\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tEmail\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTweet\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t \n\t\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n    \n\t\n\t\n    \n    \n    \n    \t\n    \t\n\t    \t  \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tNext Article\n\t\t    \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tPrevious Article", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.manchin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/manchin-statement-on-supreme-court-hearing-oral-arguments-for-affordable-care-act-challenge"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4903258997946978, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}