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On the recordJune 21, 2016
Not everybody likes the Affordable Care Act (ACA). One of the things that I like about the Affordable Care Act--among others--is that, when people actually do go to work and get off of welfare, they have health care.
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware

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Carper supports the ACA for providing healthcare to those transitioning from welfare to work.

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