NY19's Hayworth: Trade Health Care Repeals for Debt Ceiling Vote

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Anna Sale
The Empire | Mar 29, 2012

Freshman Rep. Nan Hayworth (R-NY19) told the American Medical Group Association on Saturday that the GOP leadership wants repealing health care legislation on the table as they negotiate the terms of a debt ceiling vote, reports MedicalHealthCare.com.

Rep. Hayworth said the price Obama pays for getting the GOP-led House to agree to raising the federal debt ceiling might be the repeal of major parts of the Affordable Care Act. She added that the GOP is also working on a replacement for the reform law in response to the demands made by the public in 2008 to change the nation's healthcare system.
Hayworth, an ophthalmologist, ran on repealing health care and slashing government spending when she defeated incumbent Democrat John Hall in the Hudson Valley district in November. Her husband, also a doctor, is chairman of the AMGA, a physician lobby group.

[h/t Diane Webber]

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