Murkowski defends vote for Trump administration’s alternative to Obamacare plans

Published October 10, 2018 9:26pm ET



Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, said that limited health insurance options in her state were a primary factor in her decision to vote against a Democratic resolution that would have curtailed cheap short-term health plans promoted by the Trump administration as an alternative to Obamacare plans.

The centrist GOP senator had voted several times against Obamacare repeal last year. However, she voted on Wednesday against the resolution put forward by Sen. Tammy Baldin, D-Wis., that sought to overturn a Trump administration regulation that liberalized short-term insurance plans that do not comply with Obamacare rules.

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