Rachana Pradhan

Kaiser Health News correspondent covering national health policy

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Rachana Pradhan is a healthcare reporter for Politico.

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After seven years of promises and control of the White House and Congress, Republicans are still struggling to "repeal and replace" the Affordable Care Act.

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