Embattled Republicans Are Defending Popular Obamacare Provisions They Tried to Kill
Too bad they have a preexisting condition: Their votes.
ROWAN WALRATH OCTOBER 11, 2018 6:00 AM
Rep. Pete Sessions, a Texas Republican who’s facing a tight race to keep his seat outside Dallas, has thrown his weight behind protecting insurance coverage for people with preexisting health conditions—after a long history of voting to undo such protections. In late September, Sessions introduced a resolution calling on his colleagues to “preserve patient protections, especially ones to prevent anyone from discriminating against patients with pre-existing conditions” even if they repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
“It is painfully obvious that Obamacare has failed the American people,” Sessions said in a statement accompanying his resolution. However, he didn’t mention that the ACA (also known as Obamacare) enacted those protections in the first place—or that he’s repeatedly voted to undermine or undo key parts of the healthcare law, starting with his 2011 vote for the Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act.
Session is one of several Republicans in competitive races who have taken to defending one of Obamacare’s most popular provisions as the midterm elections approach.
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