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Tea Party Icon Rep. Allen West Defends Key Provisions Of Obamacare [View all]
POMPANO BEACH, Florida — Though Rep. Allen West (R-FL) ran for Congress on a platform of completely scrapping Obamacare, he praised a number of its key provisions on Tuesday, putting him at odds with many House Republicans leading the repeal effort.
In an interview with ThinkProgress, West pointed to three popular provisions of the health care law that he would like to see preserved: allowing parents to keep children on their health insurance plans until 26, ensuring that people with pre-existing conditions aren’t denied insurance, and closing Medicare’s prescription drug donut hole:
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2012/05/28/490069/rep-allen-west-breaks-with-republican-hardliners-defends-key-provisions-of-obamacare/
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