Mitch McConnell’s Obamacare Dilemma: Govern or Destroy?
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The Senate majority leader wants to keep power. Throwing 20 million people off health insurance would probably hurt his chances—but the base doesn’t care about the repeal’s consequences. Which way will he go?
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NPR commissioned a poll this week showing that huge percentages of people know very little about the Affordable Care Act, a.k.a. Obamacare. Since it was passed, the survey asked people, has the ACA decreased or increased the number of uninsured? A plurality (49 percent) did give the correct answer of...