Mitch McConnell calls latest Obamacare repeal proposal an ‘intriguing idea’

Published September 19, 2017 4:02pm ET



Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday called the bill a handful of Republicans are advancing to overhaul Obamacare an “intriguing idea,” and offered it as a foil to the socialized medicine approach recently endorsed by 16 Senate Democrats and independent Bernie Sanders.

The overhaul bill would transfer Obamacare’s revenue to states in the form of block grants so they could set up their own healthcare systems. It also would repeal the individual mandate and employer mandates.

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