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===Health care=== Issa favors repealing the [[Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act]] (Obamacare), and voted in support of the budget resolution to repeal it in January 2017.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/political-courage-test/16553/darrell-issa/#.WLc2vhKLSfQ|title=The Voter's Self Defense System|website=Project Vote Smart|access-date=March 1, 2017}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/congress-trump-score/darrell-e-issa/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170302113142/https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/congress-trump-score/darrell-e-issa/|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 2, 2017|title=Tracking Darrell E. Issa In The Age Of Trump|last=Bycoffe|first=Aaron|date=January 30, 2017 |work=[[FiveThirtyEight]]|access-date=March 1, 2017}}</ref> On May 4, 2017, Issa voted to repeal Obamacare and pass the [[American Health Care Act of 2017|American Health Care Act]].<ref name=":022">{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/ahca-house-vote/|title=How the House voted to pass the GOP health-care bill |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=May 4, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/05/04/health-care-vote-puts-pressure-dozens-vulnerable-gop-reps/101297824/ |title=Health care vote puts pressure on dozens of vulnerable GOP reps|work= [[USA Today]]|access-date=May 4, 2017}}</ref> The organization San Diego Indivisible protested outside Issa's office weekly.{{when|date=May 2020}}<ref name=":5">{{Cite news |url=http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/communities/north-county/sd-no-issa-protest-20170509-story.html|title=Several hundred protest Issa's health care vote|last=Figueroa|first=Teri|work=[[The San Diego Union-Tribune]]|access-date=May 11, 2017|language=en-US}}</ref> After Issa voted for the AHCA, about 800 people from the organization protested, on the grounds that a significant portion of his voters rely on the ACA.<ref name=":5" /> The group was also unhappy about a photo in which Issa stood "front and center" in tribute to Republicans' success in passing the AHCA.<ref name=":52">{{Cite news|url=http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/topics/news/north-county-report-issa-goes-undecided-decisive-health-care/|title=North County Report: Issa Goes From Undecided to Decisive on Health Care - Voice of San Diego|date=May 10, 2017|work=Voice of San Diego|access-date=May 11, 2017|language=en-US}}</ref> Instead of coming back to California to meet the protesters, Issa flew to an event in Florida to raise money, though he said he would meet with them later.<ref name=":52" /><ref name=":5" /> The next Friday, over 100 people protested his desire to defund [[Planned Parenthood]].<ref name=":5" /> An organization called Save My Care spent $500,000 to release a series of attack ads against 24 House members who voted for the AHCA, including one about Issa.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/politics/sd-me-issa-meetings-20170508-story.html|title=After tough health care vote, Issa to meet with constituents |last=Stewart |first=Joshua |work=[[The San Diego Union-Tribune]]|access-date=May 11, 2017|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/332352-liberal-group-funds-500k-in-attack-ads-after-healthcare-vote/|title=Liberal group funds $500K in attack ads after healthcare vote|last=Sommer|first=Will|date=May 8, 2017|work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|access-date=May 11, 2017}}</ref>
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