Posted on 09/20/2015 7:10:53 AM PDT by Zakeet
Hillary Rodham Clinton will begin filling in details this week of her proposal to tweak the Affordable Care Act, and she will attempt to use Republican presidential candidates’ opposition to the health-care-expansion law against them.
The focus on health care represents a shift for national Democrats and a full embrace of a law that had a troubled rollout and has not always polled well. Unlike in the 2012 election, when many Democrats tiptoed around their support for Obama’s namesake law, Clinton is making it a central part of her argument that she should succeed him.
Clinton frequently praises the 2010 law, often known as Obamacare, but says it does not go far enough. She wants to address the quickly rising cost of prescription drugs, for example, and has said she is examining possible changes to the Cadillac tax, as it is often called, on premium health-care plans. She also often says that mental health care and substance-abuse treatment need to be simpler and cheaper to obtain.
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The finest image of Hilary clinton Imaginable!!!
a running mate yet.
WIllie WIlson of Chicago Illinois
Hilly and Willie 16!!
She struck gold with that one.
That image may need to join your Sgt. Pepper tribute!
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