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The federal health-care law may not seem to have much to do with a statewide office with the responsibility for running elections and registering businesses.
But the Affordable Care Act has emerged as a bludgeon for state Sens. Scott Rupp, R-Wentzville, and Bill Stouffer, R-Napton, against House Speaker Pro Tem Shane Schoeller, R-Willard. It's also becoming a regular bogeyman in Republican primaries for other statewide offices.
In the case of the secretary of state’s contest, both state senators released ads this week accusing Schoeller of supporting President Barack Obama’s signature domestic achievement. Rupp’s ad, for instance, accused Schoeller of voting to “implement Obamacare in Missouri, the largest job-killing tax increase in American history.”
Stouffer’s spot went even further, claiming that Schoeller “cut a deal and voted for Obamacare.”
“That’s right, Shane Schoeller voted to implement Obamacare, helping Obama take over our health-care system,” Stouffer’s ad stated. “Shame on Shane Schoeller. You can’t trust him.”
What both senators are referring to legislation debated in 2011 to organize health-insurance exchanges in Missouri. Some Republicans – such as the bill’s sponsor, Rep. Chris Molendorp, R-Belton – argued that it made more sense for the state, and not the federal government, to set up the exchange.
Molendorp’s bill ended up passing in the Missouri House 157-0 but stalled in the Missouri Senate. Sen. Jane Cunningham, a Chesterfield Republican who endorsed Schoeller, said the bill contradicted a ballot initiative passed in 2010 to prevent the implementation of the federal health-care law in Missouri.
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