While Debbie Mucarsel-Powell Worked to Increase Access to Health

While Debbie Mucarsel-Powell worked to increase access to health care as associate dean at FIU, Curbelo has repeatedly voted to take healthcare away from over 100,000 people in South Florida. He voted to increase the cost of healthcare, allow insurance companies to charge an "age tax" on older Americans, and gut protections for people with pre-existing conditions. Mucarsel-Powell Worked At The College Of Health At FIU, Where She “Establish[ed] And Gr[e]w The Green Family Foundation NeighborhoodHELP Program. “Debbie has spent the last twenty-years dedicated to improving the lives of underserved communities in Miami-Dade, working for non-profit organizations such as the Hope Center, Zoo Miami Foundation, and the Coral Restoration Foundation, and since 2003 at the College of Health at Florida International University and, since its inception, the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine. Debbie has worked tirelessly to establish and grow the Green Family Foundation NeighborhoodHELP program at FIU and improve healthcare access for more Floridians.” [Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, campaign website, accessed 7/5/18] The NeighborhoodHELP Program Provides Health Care Access To Underserved Communities In Miami-Dade County. “The Green Family Foundation NeighborhoodHELP™ (Health Education Learning Program) is the cornerstone of the medical curriculum of the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine. A unique concept in medical education, the program sends student teams to visit patients in their homes in underserved communities of Miami-Dade County, preparing them to address the social determinants that affect health access and outcomes. Through these household visits, the program provides individuals and communities with a range of services including education, support, and primary health care provided through a Mobile Health Care Center, (a second mobile unit will soon go online), staffed by physicians and nurses from the College of Medicine, which makes weekly neighborhood visits. The College also just purchased a 3D Mobile Mammography Center that will provide household members with the latest technology in breast cancer screening.” [FIU, Green Family Foundation NeighborhoodHELP, accessed 6/18/18] Curbelo Voted To Repeal The Affordable Care Act. [HR 596, Vote #58, 2/03/15; CQ Floor Votes, 2/3/15] Curbelo Voted For Budget Alternative That Repealed The Affordable Care Act. [H. Con Res. 27, Vote #141, 3/25/15; US News and World Report, 3/25/15] Curbelo Voted For Republican Budget That Repealed The Affordable Care Act. [H. Con Res. 27, Vote #142, 3/25/15; New York Times, 3/25/15] Curbelo Voted For Republican Conference Report On Budget That Began Process To Repeal Affordable Care Act. [S Con Res 11, Vote #183, 4/30/15; Bloomberg, 4/29/15] Curbelo Voted To Repeal Major Pillars Of Affordable Care Act, Including The Individual Mandate. [HR 3762, Vote #568, 10/23/15; Los Angeles Times, 10/23/15] Curbelo Voted To Repeal The Affordable Care Act. [HR 3762, Vote #6, 1/6/16; CNN, 1/6/16] Curbelo Voted To Overturn Obama’s Veto Of Bill That Would Repeal The Affordable Care Act. [HR 3762, Vote #53, 2/2/16; Washington Post, 2/2/16] Curbelo Voted To Begin Process Of Repealing Affordable Care Act. [S Con Res 3, Vote #58, 1/13/17; CNN, 1/3/17] Curbelo Voted To Approve The American Health Care Act Out Of Ways And Means Committee. [Ways and Means, Press Release, 3/9/17; Committee On Ways And Means, 3/9/17] Curbelo Voted For The American Health Care Act. [HR 1628, Vote #256, 5/4/17; New York Times, 5/4/17] According To The Center For American Progress, The AHCA Would Have Cost 100,200 People In FL-26 Their Healthcare. [Center for American Progress, 5/25/18] Analysis: “The Combined Effect Of These Changes Is That The Bill Would Dramatically Reduce The Generosity Of Insurance And Sharply Increase Deductibles And Other Out-Of- Pocket Costs.” “The Republican bill unveiled last night would remove these elements. It would eliminate the minimum required actuarial value; eliminate cost-sharing reductions for lower- income individuals; and provide flat tax credits by age unrelated to any plan’s cost. These tax credits are for the most part also unrelated to people’s income, but they start to phase out for individuals with income above $75,000. The combined effect of these changes is that the bill would dramatically reduce the generosity of insurance and sharply increase deductibles and other out-of-pocket costs.” [Cutler, Bertko, Spiro, & Gee, Vox, 3/7/17] Politifact Found That AHCA “Would Weaken Protections” For Those With Pre-Existing Conditions, “Would Allow States To Give Insurers The Power To Charge People Significantly More.” “An ad by the American Action Network says that under the American Health Care Act ‘people with pre-existing conditions are protected.’ The only kernel of truth here is that the amendment has language that states insurers can’t limit access to coverage for individuals with pre-existing conditions. However, the ad omits that the House GOP health plan would weaken protections for these patients. The legislation would allow states to give insurers the power to charge people significantly more if they had a pre-existing condition. While Republicans point to the fact that those patients could get help through high-risk pools, experts question their effectiveness. Current law does not allow states to charge people with pre-existing conditions significantly more. We rate this claim Mostly False.” [Politifact, 5/24/17] American Health Care Act Allows Insurers To Charge Older Customers Five Times More Than Younger Adults. “Raises premiums for older people. The Affordable Care Act limited insurers from charging older customers more than three times what they charge younger adults. The House bill would raise that to five times. This may enable younger consumers to find cheaper coverage, but older policyholders would face higher rates.” [Huffington Post, 3/6/17] Carlos Curbelo Voted For The Conference Report Of The Tax Cuts And Jobs Act. In December 2017, 227 Republicans voted for: “adoption of the conference report on the bill that would revise the federal income tax system by lowering the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 21 percent; lowering individual tax rates through 2025; limiting state and local deductions to $10,000 through 2025; decreasing the limit on deductible mortgage debt through 2025; and creating a new system of taxing U.S. corporations with foreign subsidiaries. Specifically, it would repeal personal exemptions and would roughly double the standard deduction through 2025. It would raise the child tax credit to $2,000 through 2025, would repeal the alternative minimum tax for corporations and provide for broader exemptions to the tax for individuals through 2025. It would double individual exemptions to the estate tax and gift tax through 2025, and would establish a new top tax rate for ‘pass-through’ business income through 2025.” The conference report was adopted 227-203. [HR 1, Vote #692, 12/19/17; CQ Floor Votes, 12/19/17] According To The Center For American Progress, Average Marketplace Premiums Would Rise $1,860 In Florida Due To The Individual Mandate Repeal. [Center for American Progress, 6/19/18] .

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