Jay Inslee is running as the climate candidate – but he can also credibly claim to have accomplished more than most of his peers on health care. Will he leverage that in tonight’s debate?
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“He gets credit for raising the level of policy ambition,” said John Noel, senior climate campaigner for presidential priorities while serving in the House during President Barack Obama’s first term. He said there was little chance for climate change legislation to pass during Obama’s first term — the House had approved legislation capping greenhouse gas emissions in 2009, but it died in the Senate — because the ACA, which became law in March 2010, sucked up all the oxygen in Washington.
Inslee signed legislation in May meant to protect patients from “surprise” medical bills, a bipartisan issue that other states have tried to address in recent years. It's also one of the most pressing health care items on Congress' agenda this year.
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