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[h=1]Thousands rally to resist Republican health law repeal drive[/h]By ASSOCIATED PRESS
PUBLISHED: 01:02, 16 January 2017 | UPDATED: 01:03, 16 January 2017
 

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WARREN, Mich. (AP) — Thousands of people showed up in freezing temperatures on Sunday in Michigan to hear Sen. Bernie Sanders denounce Republican efforts to repeal President Barack Obama's health care law, one of dozens of rallies Democrats staged across the country to highlight opposition.
Labor unions were a strong presence at the demonstration in a parking lot at Macomb Community College in the Detroit suburb of Warren, where some people carried signs saying "Save our Health Care."
Lisa Bible, 55, of Bancroft, Michigan, said she has an autoimmune disease and high cholesterol. She said the existing law has been an answer to her and her husband's prayers, but she worries that if it's repealed her family may get stuck with her medical bills.

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Britt Waligorski, 31, and Mary Whitfield, 18, attend an Affordable Health Act rally on Sunday, Jan. 15, 2016, in Warren, Mich. Thousands of people showed up in freezing temperatures on Sunday in Michigan where Sen. Bernie Sanders called on Americans to resist Republican efforts to repeal President Barack Obama's health care law, one of a number of rallies Democrats staged across the country to highlight opposition. (AP Photo/Corey Williams)
 

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"I'm going to get really sick and my life will be at risk," said Bible, an online antique dealer.
President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to overturn and replace the Affordable Care Act, and majority Republicans in Congress this week began the process of repealing it using a budget maneuver that requires a bare majority in the Senate.
"This is the wealthiest country in the history of the world. It is time we got our national priorities right," Sanders told the Michigan rally.
The law has delivered health coverage to about 20 million people but is saddled with problems such as rapidly rising premiums and large co-payments.
Britt Waligorski, 31, a health care administrator for a dental practice, said she didn't get health insurance through work but has been covered through the health law for three years. While the premiums have gone up, she said she is concerned that services for women will be taken away if it is repealed.
"It's done a lot for women for their annual checkups, for mammograms -- women's health in general. If this gets repealed, we're going to go back to the old days when that's not covered," she said.
At the rally in San Francisco, Silvia Pena, a 45-year-old nanny, said she had never had held insurance until she enrolled in the Affordable Care Act six years ago.
"I don't have health issues, but you can need insurance any time. We should all have access to health services," said Pena, who held a sign that read "It's our right and our body. Keep Planned Parenthood and Obamacare."
About 2,000 people cheered and held rainbow and American flags and signs that read "Don't Make America Sick Again" and "Health Care For All" at the rally. Patients who survived cancer, strokes and other health difficulties are sharing stories on how they benefited from the mandated health insurance.
In Los Angeles, organizers of the rally outside the LA County/USC Medical Center warned that a repeal of the law without a replacement will throw the state's health care system into chaos and strip coverage from 5 million Californians.
Rallies in other cities in support of the health law also were well attended. Police estimated about 600 people showed up in Portland, Maine. Hundreds also attended events in Newark, New Jersey, Johnston, Rhode Island, Richmond, Virginia and Boston.
The health law has provided subsidies and Medicaid coverage for millions who don't get insurance at work. It has required insurers to cover certain services such as family planning and people who are already ill, and has placed limits on the amount that the sick and elderly can be billed for health care.
Republicans want to end the fines that enforce the requirement that many individuals buy coverage and that larger companies provide it to workers. But they face internal disagreements on how to pay for any replacement and how to protect consumers and insurers during a long phase-in of an alternative.
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This version of the story corrects Lisa Bible's age and the name of the community college in Michigan.
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AP reporters Patrick Whittle in Portland, Maine, Bruce Shipkowski in Trenton, New Jersey, Sarah Rankin in Richmond, Virginia, Collin Binkley in Boston, Olga R. Rodriguez in San Francisco and Chris Weber in Los Angeles contributed to this story.
 

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Lisa Bible is one of thousands supporters of the Affordable Care Act who turned out Sunday, Jan. 15, 2016, in Warren, Mich., to hear Democratic U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders speak against Republican efforts to repeal the law. Bible has her health insurance through the law and worries that she may not be able to afford medical treatment if it's repealed. (AP Photo/Corey Williams)
 

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People wait for the start of a health care rally in Warren, Mich., north of Detroit, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2017. Thousands of people endured freezing temperatures at the rally in Warren, where Sen. Bernie Sanders called on Americans to resist Republican efforts to repeal President Barack Obama¿s health care law. The rally was one of a number of rallies Democrats staged across the country to highlight opposition to the repeal efforts. (AP Photo/Corey R. Williams)
 

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Hundreds of people attend a rally in support of the Affordable Care Act, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2017, at Portland City Hall, in Portland, Maine. Similar rallies took place around the country. (AP Photo/Patrick Whittle)
 

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Hundreds of people attend a rally in support of the Affordable Care Act, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2017, at Portland City Hall, in Portland, Maine. Similar rallies took place around the country. (AP Photo/Patrick Whittle)
 

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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks against the dismantling of the Affordable Care Act during a rally in San Francisco, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2017. It was one of dozens of rallies Democrats staged across the country to denounce Republican efforts to repeal President Barack Obama's health care law. (AP Photo/Olga R. Rodriguez)
 

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Health care workers rally to save the Affordable Care Act across the country outside LAC+USC Medical Center in Los Angeles, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2017. The rally was one of many being staged across the country in advance of President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration on Jan. 20. Trump has promised to repeal and replace the health care law, and the Republican-controlled Senate on Thursday passed a measure taking th
 

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Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., at podium, joins health care workers to save the Affordable Care Act across the country outside LAC+USC Medical Center in Los Angeles Sunday, Jan. 15, 2017. The rally was one of many being staged across the country in advance of President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration on Jan. 20. Trump has promised to repeal and replace the health care law, and the Republican-controlled Senate on Thursday passed a measure taking the first steps to dismantle it. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
 

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Rep. Hilda Solis, D-CA, joins health care workers at a rally to save the Affordable Care Act across the country outside LAC+USC Medical Center in Los Angeles Sunday, Jan. 15, 2017. The rally was one of many being staged across the country in advance of President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration on Jan. 20. Trump has promised to repeal and replace the health care law, and the Republican-controlled Senate on Thursday passed a measure taking the first steps to dismantle it. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
 

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Health care workers rally to save the Affordable Care Act across the country outside LAC+USC Medical Center in Los Angeles Sunday, Jan. 15, 2017. The rally was one of many being staged across the country in advance of President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration on Jan. 20. Trump has promised to repeal and replace the health care law, and the Republican-controlled Senate on Thursday passed a measure taking the first steps to dismantle it. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
 

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Californians join health care workers at a rally to save the Affordable Care Act across the country outside LAC+USC Medical Center in Los Angeles, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2017. The rally was one of many being staged across the country in advance of President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration on Jan. 20. Trump has promised to repeal and replace the health care law, and the Republican-controlled Senate on Thursday passed a measure taking the first steps to dismantle it. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
 

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Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., at podium, cheers health care workers to save the Affordable Care Act across the country outside LAC+USC Medical Center in Los Angeles, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2017. The rally was one of many being staged across the country in advance of President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration on Jan. 20. Trump has promised to repeal and replace the health care law, and the Republican-controlled Senate on Thursday passed a measure taking the first steps to dismantle it. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
 

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ADVANCE FOR USE TUESDAY, JAN. 17, 2017 AND THEREAFTER-Dr. Mai-Phuong Nguyen speaks during an interview in her office in Westminster, Calif., on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017. The 47-year-old physician pushed for health care reform and fears Donald Trump will take away the medical coverage it extended to millions of Americans. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
 

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Bernie Sanders led a Michigan rally (pictured) in support of Obamacare as people across the country marched to resist Republican efforts to repeal healthcare law
 

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Thousands braved freezing temperatures on Sunday to attend the rally at Macomb County Community College in a Detroit suburb
 

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Many held signs demanding the government 'save our healthcare' and 'Michigan takes a stand'
 

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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) stands on stage during the 'Our First Stand: Save Health Care' rally
 

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A man in a mask resebmling President-elect Donald Trump greets the crowd during the 'Our First Stand: Save Health Care' rally
 

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