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Allen, Barrow more or less opposed to ACA
Both favor laws partial or complete repeal
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One choice 12th Congressional District voters do not have is a candidate who promises to keep the Affordable Care Act, also known as “Obamacare,” as it is. But there are clear differences in the two candidates’ positions.Rick Allen, the challenger, makes the common Republican vow to help repeal the entire act — but says Congress should do something afterward about coverage for pre-existing conditions and terminal illnesses. Meanwhile, John Barrow, the Democratic incumbent, reminds people that he voted against the bill’s actual passage, and although he has not joined Republican-sponsored bills to repeal it, he says he would repeal key parts.“We need to repeal that act, OK?,” Allen said Thursday, “and then we need to deal with pre-existing conditions and we need to deal with those folks who have terminal illnesses and they are, say, fighting cancer and they don’t have the money to do it.”He made an extended, late-afternoon campaign visit to Walker Pharmacy & Gifts on Brampton Avenue near East Georgia Regional Medical Center.
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