Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine on Monday told students in Roanoke that he doesn’t care whether it’s called replace, repair or reform, just as long as something immediately follows repeal of the Affordable Care Act and offers access to all.
Kaine, a Democrat, was recently appointed to the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee and has been traveling Virginia to gather views of people who work in health care. On Monday, he toured labs at Jefferson College of Health Sciences and then met with a packed room of students to talk about the future of health care.
“The thing we are most engaged with right now in Congress is a battle about whether the Affordable Care Act will be repealed or whether it will be fixed. That is a massive debate. And the answer to that debate is going to shape all of your careers,” Kaine said.
He views his first task as convincing his Senate colleagues of the danger in repealing the Affordable Care Act without an immediate replacement.
