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Replacing Obamacare: Now you see it… now you don’t
As the Senate deliberates replacing Obmacare, health coverage for millions of people is at stake. There've been no public hearings, and a draft measure won't be made public. Is the House version so unpopular that that Senate is hiding a version that looks much the same?
By Warren Olney • • 51m ListenPhoto: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is promising a healthcare vote in the near future
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Public support for Obamacare now stands at 55 percent compared to 17 percent for the replacement bill passed by Republicans in the House. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has kept the Senate's Republican deliberations completely secret — and Democrats are politically outraged.
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