Republicans may think they can kill off the Affordable Care Act by takingnot-so-subtle steps to cripple signups anddeprive insurers of necessary funds to keep them in the program,but Democrats aren’t going to let it happen quietly.

In fact, according to a New York Times report, a group called Protect Our Care intendsto make a very public stink over Republican and Trumpadministration efforts to sink the ACA in lieu of another failedattempt at repeal-and-replace. The group plans to devote $1 millionto digital ads nationwide to call attention to any sabotageefforts.

They’re also planning to launch a website criticizing Tom Price,secretary of health and human services, as well as conductingrallies and protests to call attention to Republicans’ votes on ACArepeal.

Brad Woodhouse, who will oversee Protect Our Care’s dailyefforts to protect the ACA, says in the report that the need todefend the ACA became even more important after announcements byadministration officials that the government’s advertising budgetfor ACA sign-up ads is being slashed. Department of Health andHuman Services officials said that that budget, designed toencourage people to buy coverage on the ACA exchanges, is being cutby 90 percent to just $10 million.

Democrats view the move as the latest salvo in the battle todestabilize the exchanges and cause the system to collapse. Theysay the system has performed well, according to a report from the Department of Health and HumanServices itself, despite the administration’s claims, and Trump’stweets about the system “imploding.” As a result, polls have foundthat voters in both political parties would “be bothered by effortsto sabotage the health care law,” the report says.

Should the HealthCare.gov website go down during peak enrollmentperiods, or the administration withhold subsidies that keeppremiums low, the group plans to call attention to those issues —as well as any others that threaten the functioning of the ACA. Inthe report, Woodhouse says, “We will highlight stuff like thewebsite going down” if it happens, adding, “We will take our peopleout in the states and protest in front of Republican offices. Weare going to create a hue and cry.”

Price is a target of the group’s efforts with the website, butalso with “an aggressive media campaign” designed to make peoplequestion his statements and actions. Says Woodhouse, “Putting TomPrice in charge of the health care law is no different than puttingthe Cookie Monster in charge of dessert rationing. He doesn’t wantto support the health care law. He wants to get rid ofit.”

But not without a fight.