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Michelle Nunn on Health Care

 

 


ObamaCare would have been better if bipartisan

Georgia Democrat Michelle Nunn refused to say how she would have voted on ObamaCare, dodging a major issue in her Senate campaign: "At the time the Affordable Health Care Act was passed, I was working for Points of Light. I wished that we had more people who had tried to architect a bipartisan legislation," she said when asked how she would have voted in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe."

After MSNBC followed up to ask if she would have voted yes or no, Nunn dodged again: "I think it's impossible to look back retrospectively and say what would you have done if you were there," she said.

Nunn has been running to the center in conservative-leaning Georgia. She's likely to be pressed on the issue going forward.

Source: The Hill e-zine on 2014 Georgia Senate race , May 19, 2014

Add a tier of affordable coverage to ObamaCare

Q. How hard is it to run on ObamaCare?

A: I am running as someone who ran an organization and understands the responsibilities and the difficulties of providing health care for employees. I also believe that we need to fix what's broken and there are clearly some things that have not worked well in the Affordable Care Act rollout. Some ideas include adding a tier of coverage for more affordability for families, ensuring that we extend the tax credit for small businesses. Here in Georgia--because we did not accept Medicaid expansion--a number of our rural hospitals are now having cuts that are really problematic. So I am running as someone who wants to fix the things that are broken in the health care system and build upon the things that are good, including ensuring that people who have preexisting conditions have access to health care, that kids up to age 26 have the opportunity to be covered by their parents.

Source: Time Magazine interview on 2014 Georgia Senate race , Mar 6, 2014

Fix problems with ObamaCare; don't eliminate it

On the Affordable Care Act, also known as ObamaCare: "It's difficult for small businesses. I think there are things that are not working with ACA. That's something that needs to be changed," she said. But Nunn's emphasis was on fixing health care reform, not eliminating it. She also pointed out that, by rejecting an expansion of Medicaid under the new law, Georgia was depriving 25,000 veterans of health care coverage.
Source: Jim Galloway in Atlanta Journal-Constitution , Jul 22, 2013

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