Sen. Jerry Moran (R, KS) feels surprising squeeze on Obamacare repeal
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Moran feels surprising squeeze on Obamacare repeal
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/07/kansas-republican-feels-obamacare-squeeze-240280
The Kansas Republican’s initial opposition to the Senate GOP bill underscores how broad concerns are within the party about dismantling the health law.
By Seung Min Kim
07/07/2017 05:18 AM EDT
By Sarah Holder
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“I’m very interested in making sure pre-existing condition is covered and I wouldn’t consider it covered if it could be taken away in some other fashion,” Moran said Thursday in a health-care-dominated town hall.
The outpouring of concerns raised not just by voters, but Moran himself, before this community of 300 people underscores how worry about Obamacare repeal has rippled deep into conservative territory — threatening to upend an already fragile push by the GOP to achieve a core legislative promise.
In a surprise move last week, the second-term GOP senator came out in opposition against the initial version of the Senate Republican health care proposal. Few had seen a potential naysayer in Moran, a former chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, who is rarely a squeaky wheel. And his vote is crucial.
“Hopefully, leadership will be responsive to his concerns,” South Dakota Sen. John Thune, the third-ranking Senate Republican, said in an interview last week in Washington. “He’s somebody that — ultimately, in the end — we have to have in order to pass this.”
Sen. Jerry Moran answers questions about health care during a town hall meeting in Palco, Kan., on July 6. | AP Photo
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