Do Democrats really want to ‘fix’ Obamacare?

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Many leading Democrats say they want to “fix” the Affordable Care Act. “I think what most Americans want us to do is not repeal Obamacare, which is what our Republican colleagues are focused on, but fix it,” said Sen. Charles Schumer on “Meet the Press” on Dec. 22. “The president is working to fix it; we are working in the Senate to fix it; we urge our Republican colleagues to join us in fixing it.”

Sounds good. But what, precisely, are Democrats on Capitol Hill doing to fix Obamacare? The answer is not much.

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