Trump speech highlights divide on Obamacare replacement

Published March 1, 2017 4:49am ET



President Trump highlighted a growing divide among congressional Republicans over how to repeal and replace Obamacare when he backed health insurance tax credits Tuesday night.

Republican leaders said Trump’s call to replace the healthcare law partially with tax credits allowing people to buy a wider range of health plans proves that they’re making progress on repeal and replace, even though conservatives are starting to publicly oppose such credits since they would be a new federal entitlement.

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