The House Ways and Means Committee advanced a bill that would eliminate an advisory board created by Obamacare that was at the center of rumors the healthcare law would create a death panel.

The committee voted 24-13 Wednesday to advance the bill after a testy hearing in which Democrats complained they had more pressing priorities to address.

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