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Senate Republicans Alter Health Care Bill To Avoid 'Death Spiral'

Senate Republicans have tweaked their Obamacare repeal bill in hopes of keeping more healthy customers in the insurance market. Customers who fail to maintain coverage could be temporarily locked out.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky, walks through the U.S. Capitol on Thursday following the release of a draft of the Senate Republican's health care bill. An updated version was released on Monday. / SAUL LOEB / Getty Images

Senate Republicans have updated their plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, attempting to patch a hole that threatened to destabilize the individual insurance market.

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