BOSTON (AP) - A coalition of health care, neighborhood and labor groups is
urging U.S. Sen. Scott Brown to drop his opposition to the health care law
signed by President Obama.
In a letter sent to Brown on Sunday, the groups say if Brown cares about
creating jobs and making health care affordable, he should encourage fellow
Republicans in Congress to abandon efforts to repeal the 2010 law.
The coalition represents more than a dozen groups including the Massachusetts
AFL-CIO, Planned Parenthood of Massachusetts and Health Care for All.
He said he supports trying to insure as many people as possible, but that
Obama's Affordable Care Act includes tax hikes and would hurt the economy. And
Brown says that because Massachusetts has its own health care law it doesn't
need federal action.
