Race for governor: Democrat Gronik vows to accept ACA money Walker rejected
"In the real world, you don't take a bulldozer to a problem when a shovel will do," Gronik told the
The problem, he said, is that health care reform has become a highly partisan issue in which people often take a back seat to politics. Even though
"I don't hear anybody saying the Affordable Care Act can't be improved," Gronik said. "So instead of repealing it, why not improve upon a base that made it possible for those 20 million Americans to have health care."
The debate is personal for Gronik, who insures his family through the Obamacare exchanges.
Gronik, 60, has Crohn's disease, a chronic inflammatory bowel condition that he has listed as a pre-existing condition on his insurance for years. Thus, he faces an uncertain future should
If elected, Gronik pledged to fight to preserve the plans offered through the ACA and to accept additional federal money Walker rejected to expand Medicaid, the nation's health care program for low-income people and for custodial care, such as nursing homes.
Regarding Walker's announcement last week that Taiwanese electronics company
But Gronik said concerns about the cost of incentives to land the plant -- he maintained the cost could be up to
His concerns with the
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Gronik said he supports an economic development strategy that would address
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