Because Catholic Democrats has long championed greater access to health care as a right advocated by Pope Francis and the Catholic Social Justice tradition, the group mobilized its members in opposition to Republican efforts to overturn the Affordable Care Act. The American Health Care Act (AHCA, Ryan healthcare bill) was withdrawn from consideration in the House of Representatives on March 24, 2017, preserving health insurance for 25 million people who otherwise would have lost it, according to the Congressional Budget Office.