Graham favors ‘incremental’ health care reform
By Chris Olwell, The News Herald, Panama City, Fla. | |
McClatchy-Tribune Information Services |
Obamacare has been an issue in the closely watched race to represent
"Since the beginning of this race I've taken the consistent position that we should've had an incremental approach to reforming health care," she said.
There have been positives, she said. The law now prevents insurance companies from refusing coverage for pre-existing conditions, and it allows college-age dependants to remain covered by their parents' health insurance. It prohibits insurers from charging women more for policies and increases access to preventive care.
But the law also leaves much to be desired, Graham said. She said a recent visit to
The hospital spent millions to upgrade its records system, she said, "which is ridiculous."
"We needed to have a
Southerland and Graham actually overlap on some of these issues. For instance, Graham said she supported the Keep Your Health Plan Act, which Republicans put forward after people actually lost their health care coverage in the trouble-stricken rollout of the law, despite President
Graham is opposed to the cuts in the law to
The ACA also includes a Medical Device Tax, which has been criticized on both sides of the aisle.
"That's another area of the law that I would repeal," Graham said.
Southerland has voted over and over to repeal the law, so why doesn't Graham support repealing the ACA?
"I don't really think there's much difference" between repealing the law and the fixes she supports, Graham said. "That's what
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