Correction: Health Care-McConnell story
A corrected version of the story is below:
Health care: McConnell to stick with repeal and replace plan
Senate Majority Leader McConnell rejects President
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McConnell told reporters after an event Friday in his home state of
Earlier in the day, Trump tweeted that if
But McConnell showed no interest in that strategy, telling a gathering of
"It's not easy making America great again, is it?" McConnell said.
McConnell has struggled to unite an unruly Republican caucus on the details of replacing the overhaul championed by Obama. While that health care law has brought insurance to millions of people, it also has increased costs for states and some individual health insurance plans.
On Friday,
McConnell compared the
For 30-year-old
Whitlock said he was 21 when he was diagnosed with testicular cancer. He dropped out of college to pick up more hours at work to help pay for his medical bills. But that kicked him off of his parents' insurance policy, leaving him languishing on the individual market with the dreaded "pre-existing condition."
He spent two years without health insurance, until the Affordable Care Act went into effect and he purchased an individual plan on
"Our little girl will most likely be born with a preexisting condition," he said, anticipating the child would likely be born with a genetic blood disorder that runs in his family.
But inside the local
For 61-year-old
"Could you imagine how expensive car insurance would be if someone could get car insurance policy to cover an accident they had the day before? That's what's happened with Obamacare," Randall said. "They need to bring the private sector back in. Otherwise, there is not going to be health insurance or health care for anybody."
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