“Once low-income people are receiving good health care for the first time, it becomes very difficult for a member of Congress to take that assistance away from them,” said Senator Susan Collins, Republican of Maine. Advertisement Continue reading the main story“I think the no-gaps-in-coverage part is important,” Ms. Capito said, noting that expanded coverage was the Obama administration’s main focus. PhotoAdvertisement Continue reading the main story“So as long as this Legislature wants to keep the expansion,” she continued, “Alaska should have the option. “It’s unclear, if they repeal, if Congress would take those away.”As residents become aware that benefits they have received were part of the health law and may go away, so do their elected representatives. “In some ways it has been a health care education process for everyone,” Mr. Manchin said.

Source: New York Times March 05, 2017 20:15 UTC