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Judi Lynn

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Wed Apr 1, 2015, 05:40 AM Apr 2015

Republican White House hopefuls attack Obamacare but took $352 million for their states

Republican White House hopefuls attack Obamacare but took $352 million for their states
Reuters
01 Apr 2015 at 02:16 ET

Several Republican governors likely to run for president have secured hundreds millions of dollars under Obamacare while working to dismantle the healthcare law, according to a Reuters review of federal spending records.

Governors Scott Walker of Wisconsin, Chris Christie of New Jersey, Bobby Jindal of Louisiana and former Texas Governor Rick Perry, all staunch opponents of President Barack Obama’s 2010 Affordable Care Act, have collectively applied for and won at least $352 million through grant programs set up by the law, federal records show.

The action is at odds with the public stance of all four potential candidates, who have blasted the law as an unprecedented expansion of government and called for its repeal.

Aides told Reuters they saw no contradiction in applying for these grants while criticizing the law as a whole.

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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/04/republican-white-house-hopefuls-attack-obamacare-but-took-352-million-for-their-states/

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