Farmers Union Relieved by Failed ACA Repeal Vote

The National Farmers Union released a statement Friday announcing “relief” by the failed Senate vote on a so-called skinny repeal of parts of the Affordable Care Act.  NFU says the bill would have risked access to health care for 16 million people and marketplace stability.

Farmers Union President Roger Johnson says rural residents, including farmers and ranchers, need and desire a solution to rising premiums and an unstable marketplace.  However, of the skinny repeal, he says the bill would have made matters worse for rural residents.

Johnson says the organization now looks forward to working towards a bipartisan solution that improves access to affordable, high-quality health care for family farmers, ranchers and rural Americans.

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