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Arkansas Gov Urges Congress Not To Repeal ACA Only

Red River Radio | By Chuck Smith
Published July 19, 2017 at 12:15 PM EDT
ARKANSAS GOV ASA HUTCHINSON (R) Appeared on CNN Tuesday explaining why he wants Congress to not just repeal Obamacare.
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ARKANSAS GOV ASA HUTCHINSON (R) Appeared on CNN Tuesday explaining why he wants Congress to not just repeal Obamacare.
ARKANSAS GOV ASA HUTCHINSON (R) Appeared on CNN Tuesday explaining why he wants Congress to not just repeal Obamacare.
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ARKANSAS GOV ASA HUTCHINSON (R) Appeared on CNN Tuesday explaining why he wants Congress to not just repeal Obamacare.

Both of Arkansas's Republican senators,  Tom Cotton and John Boozman, have long favored ending the Affordable Care Act but they are avoiding public comment about the now-flopped  GOP repeal and replace plan.   Cotton and Boozman were on the planning committees to work on a Republican replacement plan. Now they both favor  REPEAL before REPLACEMENT  which for Cotton is a shift in direction.  But closer to home,  Republican Governor Asa Hutchinson doesn't believe Congress should delay in crafting a replacement plan as he explained Tuesday on CNN.

Sen. Tom Cotton (R) Ark.
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Sen. Tom Cotton (R) Ark.

ARKANSAS GOVERNOR SPEAKS ON ACA REPEAL- Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) of Arkansas appeared on CNN this week to share his thoughts on why the "GOP's Repeal Only" plan is not a good idea for states dealing with the current Medicaid expansion in their states.

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Chuck Smith
Chuck Smith brings more than 30 years' experience to Red River Radio having started out as a radio news reporter and moving into television journalism as a newsmagazine producer / host, talk-show moderator, programming director and managing producer and news director / anchor for commercial, public broadcasting and educational television. He has more recently worked in advertising, marketing and public relations as a writer, video producer and media consultant. In pursuit of higher learning, Chuck studied Mass Communications at Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia and motion picture / television production at the University of California at Los Angeles. He has also taught writing for television at York Technical College in Rock Hill, South Carolina and video / film production at Centenary College of Louisiana, Shreveport.
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