Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar pushed back on criticism that new rules to expand access to cheaper plans are part of a campaign to “sabotage” Obamacare.

Azar said that Obamacare is “fundamentally flawed,” and that Congress needs to repeal and replace it. New efforts to expand the duration of short-term plans and access to association health plans, he said, will not cause people to flee Obamacare’s exchanges, as numerous experts have predicted.

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