Shelley Moore Capito: Kill Obamacare mandates, but keep the subsidies

Published August 9, 2017 4:01am ET



Sen. Shelley Moore Capito is proposing a solution to the GOP’s healthcare woes that pleases West Virginians — one that would keep parts of Obamacare, but let people and companies escape the law’s mandates, and also boost funding to fight opioid addiction.

“There is still going to be a lot of passion, at least I’m seeing it at home, on protecting certain parts of Obamacare,” Capito, a Republican, told the Washington Examiner.

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