Experts: Hick-Kasich health care reform plan incremental, but positive first steps

After months of legislative wrangling by Congressional Republicans to replace President Barack Obama's health law, a bipartisan group of governors are trying something different:

Tinker with what's already in place.

The plan released Thursday by Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper and Ohio's Republican Gov. John Kasich largely works within the framework of the nation's existing health law, the Affordable Care Act.

Over and over, health experts used the same words to describe the proposed changes: "Incremental" and "pragmatic."

"It's a Band-Aid on part of the Affordable Care Act," said Joe Hanel, a spokesman for the Colorado Health Institute, which analyzes legislative proposals. "A good Band-Aid, but it's still just

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