Republicans in Congress target governors for help in bid to ax Obamacare

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Washington Times:

Republicans are trying to rope the country’s governors into their Obamacare repeal effort, soliciting feedback from the state executives Monday as they plot their strategy for early next year.

 

While they’ve said dismantling the Affordable Care Act is their top priority in the new year, congressional Republicans are still sketching out what comes next, and the governors, who have grappled with the effects of Obamacare and the uninsured up close, could provide a lifeline for the GOP.

 

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, chairman of two key committees, asked the governors to suggest ways to lower costs and expand choices for consumers without resorting to the heavy-handed mandates President Obama used.

 

“Working as a team, with your help and creative ideas, we can achieve our mutual goal of putting patients first,” they wrote in a letter asking state officials to weigh in by Jan. 6.

With health care looming next year, Republicans are trying to clear the decks on Capitol Hill this week.