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Can Obamacare be replaced?
Republicans have tried to repeal the Affordable Care Act 60 times—and they're finally likely to get their wish when Donald Trump signs off on it next year. Replacement is another matter, and we'll try to find out what it might look like and when it might happen.
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3 storiesSouth Korea's president impeached
October's public apology did not save South Korean's first female president, Park Geun-hye. She was impeached today by Parliament and stripped of all her power. It's been a rapid fall for an elected leader who grew up as the daughter of a former dictator, Park Chung-hee.
Read the story7 minObamacare can be repealed. Can it be replaced?
Congress has voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act 60 times. It's the first order of business for next year — and this time, it won't be vetoed by Barack Obama. But, it's providing more than 11 million Americans health insurance they didn't have before, and Republicans know something has to replace it.
Read the story33 minKrugman on Trump
Donald Trump ( Gage Skidmore ) and Paul Krugman ( Commonwealth Club ) Donald Trump's cabinet choices seem, in some cases, opposed to the purposes of the domestic agencies they're supposed to oversee. And Trump's own conflicts raise questions about foreign policy. These are themes of recent columns by Paul Krugman, the Nobel Prize winner for…
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