Abortion language threatens to derail Obamacare funding

Published March 14, 2018 8:19pm ET



Republicans have proposed a new plan for Obamacare that would boost the amount of federal money injected into the system and reduce premiums, but Democrats say they will oppose it because of its anti-abortion language.

“Republicans are pushing for anti-choice language as a part of this that Democrats won’t support,” a senior Democratic aide said when asked about the latest proposal confirmed by the office of Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.

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