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Title: Three Republican senators offer Obamacare alternative
Post by: riky on January 28, 2014, 09:00:22 AM
Three Republican senators offer Obamacare alternative

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/three-republican-senators-offer-obamacare-alternative-212631387--sector.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/eUYFNguSdbksLG_jbwFqxw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-01-27T212631Z_1_CBREA0Q1NKB00_RTROPTP_2_USA-NRA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. Senator Richard Burr speaks during the National Rifle Association's 139th annual meeting in Charlotte" align="left" title="U.S. Senator Richard Burr speaks during the National Rifle Association's 139th annual meeting in Charlotte" border="0" /></a>By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three prominent Republican senators on Monday called for replacing Obamacare with a package of election-year proposals intended to lower health insurance costs while retaining some elements of President Barack Obama's health reform law. Senators Richard Burr of North Carolina, Tom Coburn of Oklahoma and Orrin Hatch of Utah released a legislative blueprint that analysts say could help the Republican Party offer a much-needed vision for healthcare ahead of November's mid-term congressional elections, voting that will determine which party controls Congress in the final two years of the Obama presidency. &quot;The American people have found out what is in Obamacare - broken promises in the form of increased healthcare costs, costly mandates and government bureaucracy. Obama's Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has extended health coverage to millions of people, despite a botched October rollout.</p><br clear="all"/>

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