Abrams Surrogates Slam Kemp and Cagle on Health Care

For Stacey Abrams, one of the nice things about not having a runoff is that she can sit back, raise money, go on “Late Night with Seth Myers” and generally chill while her two opponents on the other side rip each other to shreds. The downside is, she doesn’t know which one to attack yet.

Well, as the little girl in the taco commercial once said, “Why not both?” The Democratic Party of Georgia sent two Abrams surrogates—state Rep. Deborah Gonzalez (D-Athens) and Athens for Everyone organizer Adam Lassila—to a small rally/news conference in Athens last week to go after Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle and Secretary of State Brian Kemp for opposing Medicaid expansion.

The event coincided with Abrams releasing a health-care plan that includes expanding Medicaid, continuing to protect people with pre-existing conditions, rural broadband for tele-health (Skyping with a doctor, essentially), rural and para-transit, maternal health care and forgivable loans for health-care professionals who agree to work in rural areas.

“We have an opportunity to vote in an incredible governor. Stacey Abrams believes in Medicaid expansion,” said Gonzalez, who co-sponsored a bill during the most recent legislative session to do exactly that. (It went nowhere in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives.)

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