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Senate leaves town with no Obamacare fix

By Robert King
Published October 5, 2017 8:55pm ET
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Senate leaves town with no Obamacare fix
The Senate is in recess all of next week and won't return until Oct. 16, just a few weeks before 2018 open enrollment starts on Nov. 1. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) | Carolyn Kaster

The Senate left town on Thursday for more than a week without reaching a deal to stabilize Obamacare’s marketplaces.

Talks between Democrats and Republicans started up again in earnest late last month after the GOP’s latest attempt at Obamacare repeal collapsed. However, the Senate left town Thursday without finalizing any deal, although negotiators pledged to continue talks.

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