Santorum Attacks Romney, Obama On Health Care

After he won Republican presidential nominating contests in Missouri, Minnesota and Colorado, former Sen. Rick Santorum criticized the health law, the Obama administration’s birth control coverage policies and Mitt Romney’s record. He again asserted he was the only candidate to challenge the president on health care issues.

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<h1>Santorum Attacks Romney, Obama On Health Care</h1>
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			February 8, 2012		</time>
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<p>After he won Republican presidential nominating contests in Missouri, Minnesota and Colorado, former Sen. Rick Santorum criticized the health law, the Obama administration’s birth control coverage policies and Mitt Romney’s record.  He again asserted he was the only candidate to challenge the president on health care issues.</p><ul><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/santorum-missouri-minnesota-colorado-caucuses-speech/?share=x">				Click to share on X (Opens in new window)				X			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/santorum-missouri-minnesota-colorado-caucuses-speech/?share=facebook">				Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)				Facebook			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/santorum-missouri-minnesota-colorado-caucuses-speech/?share=linkedin">				Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)				LinkedIn			</a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Santorum%20Attacks%20Romney%2C%20Obama%20On%20Health%20Care&body=https%3A%2F%2Fkffhealthnews.org%2Fnews%2Fsantorum-missouri-minnesota-colorado-caucuses-speech%2F&share=email">				Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)				Email			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/santorum-missouri-minnesota-colorado-caucuses-speech/#print?share=print">				Click to print (Opens in new window)				Print			</a></li><li>				<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/santorum-missouri-minnesota-colorado-caucuses-speech/view/republish/">					Republish This Story				</a>			</li></ul><em><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us">KFF Health News</a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us">KFF</a>.</em><p><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KFF Health News' free Morning Briefing.</p><p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/santorum-missouri-minnesota-colorado-caucuses-speech/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org">KFF Health News</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/kffhealthnews-icon.png?w=150" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://kffhealthnews.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=10986&amp;ga4=G-J74WWTKFM0" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p>

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