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Source: The Guardian
Hillary Clinton signaled at a campaign event on Wednesday that she was ready to stake her White House hopes on a defense of Barack Obamas signature healthcare law, potentially putting her on a collision course with Republican candidates who have said they would seek to repeal the law as one of their first acts in the Oval Office.
I am committed to trying to build on what works in the Affordable Care Act, Clinton said at a meeting with small-business owners during an event at a fruit distributor outside Des Moines, Iowa. Because 16 million people now have insurance who didnt have it.
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She heaped paragraphs of praise on Equal Pay day (the campaign day highlighting attempts to achieve salary parity for women), called for immigration reform and singled out healthcare as one piece of the Obama legacy worth protecting.
Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/apr/15/hillary-clinton-iowa-election-2016