Rep. Matt Cartwright, loyal Democrat, stands by health-care law, takes stage to defend it
By Ed O’Keefe, Published: November 3
POTTSVILLE, Pa. — Rep. Matthew Cartwright (D-Pa.) is in Congress today because of the Affordable Care Act. He did not vote for it, but he won because the veteran moderate Democrat he challenged in a primary voted against it. That’s the kind of deep-blue district he now represents.
Cartwright spent his first year in office preparing constituents for “the ACA” — he never calls it “Obamacare” — and reminding them to sign up for benefits at HealthCare.gov.
He hoped to spend time during an extended October recess helping people sign up for health insurance, but a sputtering Web site and broken campaign promises are forcing him to defend the law. He still believes in the law and his support remains strong, but he knows the troubled rollout has shaken his constituents’ confidence.
“If you want to give me a good faceful for one of my political positions, I can take it,” he told about 100 of them gathered inside a small community theater Friday.
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