Democratic
presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at Fisk University
on Nov. 20, 2015, in Nashville, Tenn. (Photo: Mark Humphrey/AP)
Hillary Clinton is continuing her focus on health care tax cuts this weekend with a series of new ads and speeches.
Her
pitch includes emphasis on her support for President Obama’s healthcare
reform. The push shows Clinton is running on a commitment to keep
Obamacare even though Republicans made opposition to the health care law
a core part of their platform.
While polls show Americans are divided on Obamacare nationally, at least one recent survey showed the law is overwhelmingly popular among Democrats.
And Clinton’s health care pitch also includes emphasis on a tax credit
that is part of an effort to contrast her plans for the middle class
with those of her main Democratic primary challenger, Sen. Bernie
Sanders, I-Vt.
A
Clinton campaign official said she will be highlighting a plan to cut
taxes up to $5,000 for families with high health care costs and her
commitment to preserving Obamacare in a speech in South Carolina at the
Charleston Democratic Party’s “Blue Jamboree on Saturday. Though South
Carolina is a southern state, a poll earlier this year showed a majority of voters there supported setting up an Obamacare exchange. However, South Carolina is not among the states that have expanded Medicaid under Obamacare.
The
Clinton campaign is also releasing two new advertisements that will
start airing in the early primary states of Iowa and New Hampshire next
week. One features a cancer survivor talking about Obamacare’s effect on people with pre-existing conditions. The other highlights Clinton’s efforts to push for health care reform as first lady.
Clinton also focused on health care tax credits in speeches on Friday.
She first began discussing the proposal in September. Clinton and her
campaign have not provided many specific details about the policy, but
they have characterized it as part of a platform focused on the middle
class.
Sanders
has mounted a surprisingly strong primary challenge to Clinton, who
remains the frontrunner. His campaign has largely been focused on promising to combat income inequality.
Clinton’s team has responded by arguing Sanders would raise taxes on
the middle class. They have also highlighted her policies that they say
would cut costs for the m
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