Republicans: Don't bail out health insurers. Bail out customers.

Is this the way to a grand bargain on health care?

Sen. Mitch McConnell and Sen. John Cornyn.
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It's no secret that ObamaCare's health insurance markets aren't doing great. Premiums have gone up and a few major insurers have pulled out, leaving some states and counties with few (or no) options. The Republican Party, from President Trump on down, insists that repeal and replace is the only way to save Americans from an ObamaCare collapse.

But now a delayed vote has thrown the future of the Senate version of TrumpCare into doubt.

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Jeff Spross

Jeff Spross was the economics and business correspondent at TheWeek.com. He was previously a reporter at ThinkProgress.