"However, what are we going to be replacing it with?" he added. "As Republicans, we have to come out and say exactly what we're for – and I think there will be plenty of time for that after these elections."
McConnell, who stands to control the Senate if his party picks up six seats, was asked in an Oct. 13 debate whether Obamacare and Kynect, Kentucky's health benefit exchange for signing up for a plan under the new law, have been "a boon or bane" for most Kentuckians. He sought to separate the two, saying that while "in my view the best interest of the country would be achieved by pulling out Obamacare, root and branch," keeping Kynect and and Medicaid expansion are state decisions and his state has decided to go that route. Pressed about whether he favors keeping Kynect, McConnell said, "That's fine" and "I think it's fine to have a website."
Kasich, the Republican Ohio governor and possible 2016 presidential candidate, told the Associated Press that an Obamacare repeal is "not gonna happen" even if the Republicans control both chambers of Congress. Then Monday, he circled back, saying he wasn't talking about the whole law, just the related Medicaid expansion. Medicaid shouldn't be repealed because it's made "real improvements in people's lives," Kasich said, but he's fine with repealing the rest of the law.
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