White House Tries to Salvage AHCA As Criticism Mounts

White House Tries to Salvage AHCA As Criticism Mounts
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Vice President Mike Pence and Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price came to Capitol Hill on Tuesday to try to salvage the Republican plan to revise the Affordable Care Act, whose chances of passing the House are becoming increasingly slim.

Both conservative and moderate lawmakers in the House and the Senate attacked Speaker Paul Ryan's (R-Wis.) health-care plan Tuesday after congressional budget analysts found it would dramatically increase the number of uninsured Americans while raising premium costs in the short term.



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