ATLANTA — For Republican primary voters the question next year will be which candidate’s approach to Obamacare makes the most sense.
That’s because a debate is raging among most of the declared Senate candidates over how best to rid Americans of what they consider the flaws of the national health care law named for President Barack Obama.
Rep. Jack Kingston of Savannah has been attacked by Rep. Paul Broun of Athens over legislation Kingston is sponsoring that would require the president and his appointees be covered by the law and that exemptions for small businesses apply to those with up to 500 employees, the cutoff point for the Small Business Administration as compared to the 50-worker threshold in the Affordable Care Act.
Broun, who is a physician, says Kingston’s bill amounts to a sellout.
“Georgians don’t want to fix Obamacare, they want to repeal Obamacare in full. Unlike Kingston’s bill which would merely attempt to fix the flawed healthcare law, Dr. Broun has introduced legislation that would repeal and replace Obamacare,” Broun’s campaign said in a news release Friday.
Kingston, the longest-serving congressman in Georgia’s delegation, argues that as long as a Democratic majority controls the Senate, dismantling the law piece by piece is the most viable approach.
“A lot of conservatives say no, just step back and let this thing fall to pieces on its own. But I don’t think that’s always the responsible thing to do. I think we need to be looking for things that improve healthcare overall for all of us,” he said.
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