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May 5, 2021
After steady declines in the number of people getting health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, the Biden administration announced a special open enrollment period through Aug. 15, to counter the COVID-19 pandemic but also to address what it called “four years of attempts to strip health care from millions of Americans” in the Trump administration. (Photo by Alex Proimos/Creative Commons)
WASHINGTON – Open it, and they will come.
A special open enrollment period for Affordable Care Act coverage drew 528,005 new enrollees nationwide in its first six weeks, with 9,569 of those consumers in Arizona, according to a report from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Ms. Greene and Ms. Boebert, who have already caused a considerable amount of controversy since joining Congress in January, accordingly faced criticism for voting against funding the programs further.
Erick Sanchez, a Democratic activist and adviser, ripped the congresswomen on Twitter for voting against reauthorizing the program.
“These two are truly reprehensible human beings,” he tweeted.
“This blows my MIND!” actress and comedian Mo Collins tweeted from her verified account. “These 2 are NOT in Gov to help. They are simply there to start fires.”
Ms. Boebert said Friday that she opposed the bill because she believed it would add hundreds of millions of dollars to the national debt and because it had not been considered in committee yet.
Twitter rips Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert for lone votes against bone marrow donor bill Salon 2 hrs ago Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images
Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert riled up Twitter users on Thursday after voting in opposition to a bill proposed in the lower chamber that would reauthorize the National Marrow Donor Program, a program that matches donors with people in need of a bone marrow donor.
Despite two no votes, the bill passed on the House floor 415-2, with a total of 12 lawmakers, including GOP Rep. Madison Cawthorn, not casting a vote.
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