Working families value the safety and security of their health coverage more than ever. Yet despite broad support, congressional Republicans are moving to try and rush through a plan that would take away health care from more than 22 million Americans – with no plan to replace it.

Congress needs to work together to fix what’s broken in the Affordable Care Act to make it work better for everyone, not simply tear the whole thing down.

Repealing the Affordable Care Act without any replacement would result in all sorts of unintended consequences that will harm seniors, children and working families.

The drive to repeal the Affordable Care Act is just the first step in Republican plans to cut Medicaid and turn Medicare into a voucher system. This would plunge our entire health care system and American households into a crisis at a time when we can least afford it.

• Republicans want to take away health care from 22 million people.
• Many seniors, children and people with disabilities who get their healthcare through Medicaid would be left to fend for themselves.
• Anyone with a preexisting condition will go back to being at the mercy of insurance companies.
• Their actions would destroy Medicare and increase seniors' drug costs.

For a detailed briefing paper on "Threats to health care in 2017 and beyond," email rwilson@seiu888.org or call 617 241-3300.