Does Eric Hovde want to repeal the Affordable Care Act?

Does Eric Hovde want to repeal the Affordable Care Act?

  • In comments from 2024, 2017 and 2012, Hovde said he wants to repeal the ACA.
  • Hovde’s website calls for health care reform, but not explicitly repealing the ACA.
  • Hovde does not lay out specifics for an alternative plan, but said in June he wants to keep protections for preexisting conditions.

It’s been around for well over a decade, but it’s still a hot topic in congressional campaigns in 2024: the Affordable Care Act. 

That’s true in the U.S. Senate race in Wisconsin, where Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin faces Republican challenger Eric Hovde.

“My opponent wants to repeal the Affordable Care Act and kick millions off their health insurance,” Baldwin said at Vice President Kamala Harris’ first presidential campaign rally in West Allis on July 23, 2024. 

U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde, left, and incumbent Sen. Tammy Baldwin

She’s made similar claims before, including in a post on the social media platform X that has nearly a quarter of a million views. 

Does Hovde want to repeal the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare? And has his position on the issue changed over the years?

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