67. Health Care on the Ballot: Charles Gaba on the ACA, the 2020 Election, & Ohio
On this week’s episode of Prognosis Ohio, Dan talks with Charles Gaba—blogger, website developer, healthcare analyst, and founder of ACASignups.net. Gaba has been tracking Obamacare enrollments since October 2013 to showcase the critical importance of the Affordable Care Act, but has more recently gotten involved in fundraising for Democrats poised to ensure that the ACA’s legacy of expanded health care access is defended moving forward.
In the episode, Dan and Charles discuss the ACA - past, present, and future - including the ominous case, California vs. Texas, that could strike down the ACA, which has brought health care access to millions of Americans, as well as Gaba's recent efforts to support 2020 candidates who stand to play a critical role in defending the ACA and building on it.
Gaba’s Federal Final Fifty also brings attention to 50 key campaigns from his 20 ActBlue pages for over 250 candidate that need more attention.
During their conversation, Dan and Charles referred to a twitter thread posted by the Chair of the Ohio Democrat Party, David Pepper (who will be a guest on the upcoming Prognosis Ohio live event on October 20), who explains the importance of Ohio in the Electoral College and challenges our labeling of certain states as “tipping point” states. You can find that thread here.
Ohioans, you can still register to vote (until October 5) by visiting the Ohio Secretary of State's voter portal. It only takes a few minutes.
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