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2016 Postmortem

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Purveyor

(29,876 posts)
Sun Nov 10, 2013, 07:31 PM Nov 2013

Health Law's Troubles Give GOP A Much-Needed Boost [View all]

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The health care law's seemingly endless problems are giving congressional Republicans a much-needed boost of energy, helping them to move past the government-shutdown debacle and focus on a theme for next year's elections.

Republicans are back on offense, and more quickly than many had expected, after seeing their approval ratings plunge during last month's partial shutdown and worrisome talk of a possible U.S. debt default.

They pillory administration officials at Capitol Hill hearings. They cite the millions of people getting dropped by insurers despite President Barack Obama's promise that it wouldn't happen. They harp on the program's flawed enrollment process.

Now they're relishing Obama's apology to those who are losing health insurance plans he had repeatedly said they could keep.

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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_HEALTH_CARE_POLITICS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-11-10-09-01-21

At this particular point in time, it is hard to refute the current situation.

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