Republicans aim for an ObamaCare replacement vote this month

Speaker Paul Ryan wants a vote on healthcare later this month.
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The House could vote to repeal and replace ObamaCare before the end of the month, Politico reports. A person who attended a closed-door meeting with Speaker Paul Ryan on Thursday revealed that Ryan hopes to have the House vote on the replacement plan in three weeks.

It isn't clear if the White House has backed Ryan's bill. "There have been stories in the media that somehow the White House and Ryan's office are in agreement on health care," said Freedom Caucus member Rep. Raul Labrador (R-Idaho). "We have not yet heard that [President Trump] backed it or he doesn't."

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