Ryan rejects ‘hard deadline’ for Obamacare repeal and replace

Published January 12, 2017 6:12pm ET



Republicans are not setting a date for when they will take up legislation that is expected to repeal Obamacare and replace it simultaneously, House Speaker Paul Ryan said Thursday.

“We aren’t holding hard deadlines,” said Ryan, R-Wis. “Only because we want to get it right. We need to move quickly because the law is collapsing, but we also want to get it right.”

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