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Democrats double down on ACA in campaign efforts

Democrats are putting the Affordable Care Act at the center of their campaigns and using personal experiences to illustrate how a repeal would have hurt them.

By Jennifer Jacobs and Shannon Pettypiece | Updated on April 11, 2018
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Health care politics The failed GOP repeal attempt gave Democrats a chance to promote popular aspects of the law — including its ban on jacking up rates for patients with pre-existing medical conditions. (Photo: Shutterstock)

Andy Kim decided to run against House Republican Tom MacArthur last year as he watched TV coverage of GOP efforts to repeal Obamacare while waiting in a hospital room for news on his unborn son.

Kim was sparked by MacArthur’s amendment that would have let insurers charge more for patients with pre-existing conditions and his central role in helping the repeal pass the House. An ultrasound had just shown that Kim’s son was dramatically underweight, and he wondered “if my baby boy is going to have a problem for the rest of his life.”

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