Evans Doubles Down on Repealing the ACA

For the second time in two weeks, Gabe Evans is calling to repeal the Affordable Care Act, saying "we need to go back to the drawing board."

Evans is falling in line with the extreme, far-right agenda pushed by his party bosses. Just two days ago, Mike Johnson - who has endorsed and campaigned for Evans - called for "massive reform " to the ACA.

Repealing the ACA would threaten coverage for the nearly 800,000 Coloradans with pre-existing conditions and raise premiums on 151,000 Coloradans.

Evans' attack on affordable health care is nothing new. In the state legislature, he voted against lowering insurance premiums and prescription drug costs, capping the price of life saving medication, and decreasing hospital fees.

Meanwhile, Yadira Caraveo has made affordable health care a priority in Congress, leading the charge to increase transparency in hospital prices and lower prescription drug costs.

DCCC Spokesperson Mallory Payne:
"Coloradans rely on the Affordable Care Act for quality, affordable health care, but Gabe Evans wants to rip it away from them. In stark contrast, Yadira Caraveo has seen firsthand how rising health care costs hurts her community and is spearheading efforts to expand Coloradans' access to care."

Colorado Times Recorder: Evans Doubles Down on Obamacare Repeal: 'We Need to Go Back to the Drawing Board'
Erik Maulbetsch | October 30, 2024

• In his second media exchange on healthcare in two weeks, congressional candidate Gabe Evans repeated his belief that the Affordable Care Act doesn't work and should be replaced.

• "If it doesn't work, it doesn't matter how good it looks on paper, we need to go back to the drawing board and figure out something that actually works," said Evans. "And so that's where I think we are with the Affordable Care Act."

• Evans' answer, which he gave during his interview with Denver 7 reporter Brandon Richard, came after he listed several critiques of the ACA, then said, "Things need to be addressed and tweaked in the ACA." When Richard pressed him on whether that meant he didn't favor full repeal, Evans said it's time to "go back to the drawing board and figure out something that actually works."

• Evans also endorsed repealing the ACA last week during the CBS News debate. In a story about the debate, headlined "Evans expresses support for repealing ACA in 8th District debate," Axios noted that he said, "We have to go back to making sure we are making health care actually affordable."

• Over 21,000 Coloradans in the 8th Congressional District are enrolled in ACA marketplace plans this year, according to data from the Kaiser Family Foundation.