The new hope to repeal Obamacare: Invisible risk-sharing

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After most House lawmakers left Washington for a two-week recess Thursday, members of the Rules Committee stayed behind to pass another fix to a bill Republicans hope will revive an effort to repeal portions of Obamacare.

The Palmer-Schweikert amendment, named after its House Freedom Caucus co-sponsors, congressmen Gary Palmer of Alaska and David Schweikert of Arizona, would set aside $15 billion for states to reimburse health insurance for covering sicker patients.

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