Ellison: State attorney general’s office should fight Trump on health care
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"There really is no basis to destroy the law," Ellison said. "I will join with the attorneys general to defend the Affordable Care Act. I will be the public voice to argue and defend the right for people to be covered."
Ellison received an endorsement Monday from NARAL Pro-Choice Minnesota, saying he is "best positioned" to protect reproductive rights. Ellison said he would not defend any law passed by the
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The four other DFL candidates for the attorney general's office in the August primary said that they would also fight Trump administration proposals that would limit health insurance coverage.
"Pre-existing conditions are very important to continue to have covered," said Rep.
"You can have access to insurance, but if you don't have a doctor in sight you can't get care," said Hilstrom. "
"From the very beginning I will be taking on the pharmaceutical industry," Pelikan said. "We have to hold them accountable for out-of-control prescription drug prices and the opioid crisis."
"Rural areas and Indian reservations have been devastated by Big Pharma in the opioid crisis," Foley said.
Former Minnesota Commerce Commissioner
"I will bring an action against the pharmaceutical industry for deceptive practices and on antitrust grounds," Rothman said.
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