Hillary Clinton to Anti-Obamacare Republicans: 'Move On'
Source: nationaljournal.com
Hillary Clinton to Anti-Obamacare Republicans: 'Move On'
The Democratic front-runner pointed to her own work on health care and said Republicans should stop trying to repeal the law.
By Eric Garcia
June 25, 2015
Clinton, while saying the Affordable Care Act isn't "perfect," is embracing the law at the outset of her presidential campaign, following Thursday's Supreme Court decision upholding a key piece of Obamacare.
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"I applaud the Supreme Court's decision to affirm what the authors of the Affordable Care Act clearly intended and wrote into law: that health insurance should be affordable and available in every state across the country," Clinton said in a statement.
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"Now that the Supreme Court has once again re-affirmed the ACA as the law of the land, it's time for the Republican attacks to end," Clinton said.
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Whether she wanted it or not, though, Clinton is going to be put on the defense regarding Obamacare during her presidential campaign. That was on clear display Thursday, with Republican presidential contender Jeb Bush choosing not to go after the Supreme Court (Chief Justice John Roberts, who wrote the majority opinion, was appointed by his brother), but to focus on Clinton and President Obama........
Read more: http://www.nationaljournal.com/2016-elections/hillary-clinton-obamacare-republicans-supreme-court-scotus-20150625
In an ideal world, Republicans would work to make aca better. Instead we will have attach ads till Nov of 2016--and beyond
Kingofalldems
(38,476 posts)Hekate
(90,793 posts)The GOP has hated her ever since. They will twist her record 24/7/365, but I know she is proud of Obamacare.
Gloria
(17,663 posts)to deal with different costs around the country...divided into 7 sections,
Didn't happen, but I know within Medicare, there are different rates in different states depending on the market.
They relied a lot on HMO's to bring costs down, too.
Not my favorite thing, but at least an effort was made to get some healthcare out there...to this day, it is apparently "an issue" to have a healthcare program, except when the GOP Medicare Part D plan is created, with no provision to bulk buy to try to lower costs...
That's the GOP way...
Elmer S. E. Dump
(5,751 posts)It will be so easy to expose their made up lies about the ACA. It could be a lead in to expose ALL their lies!
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)restorefreedom
(12,655 posts)they will dig themselves in deeper and deeper. and whichever crazy ends up getting the nomination won't have a chance in a general.