MO-02: GOP efforts to repeal Obamacare a sticking point for Democrats in Wagner-Schupp race
ST. LOUIS — Health care, especially the future of the Affordable Care Act, has emerged as a leading issue in the hotly contested 2nd Congressional District, where challenger Jill Schupp accuses U.S. Rep. Ann Wagner of seeking to eliminate protections for people with preexisting conditions, while Wagner has tried to link Schupp to “Medicare for All” proposals.
Schupp, a Democratic state senator from Creve Coeur, is challenging Wagner, of Ballwin, in a nationally watched fight over the state’s lone congressional swing district, a suburban area where health care is traditionally among top issues for voters. The nonpartisan Cook Political Report has rated the race “a tossup.”
In an ad aired earlier this month, Schupp slammed Wagner for voting to “gut protections for preexisting conditions” by voting several times with fellow Republicans in Congress to reverse the ACA — also known as “Obamacare” after former President Barack Obama — and to support a federal lawsuit that seeks to overturn the law.
President Donald Trump’s administration has asked the U.S. Supreme Court, which will hear the case in early November, to uphold a Texas’ federal court’s ruling to put a permanent end to the law.
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