Aug. 23, 2018, in an op-ed for the Springfield News-Leader
A major talking point in Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill’s re-election campaign has been a pending lawsuit by her opponent, state Attorney General Josh Hawley, to repeal parts of former President Barack Obama’s health care law — the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
“Josh Hawley decided to use your taxpayer dollars to file a lawsuit that would take away important prescription drug coverage for seniors through Medicare and end all of the consumer protections under the ACA,” she wrote in an op-ed for the Springfield News-Leader on Aug. 23.
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