Untie states’ hands by reforming Obamacare waivers

By Joel White

Published September 29, 2017 4:01am ET

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Untie states’ hands by reforming Obamacare waivers — The committee approved both nominees, who were both strongly opposed by Democrats, on party lines. They now go before the full Senate for a vote. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) | Pablo Martinez Monsivais

So here we are again. As in May and July, Congress has once again hit an embarrassing setback in its latest bid to repeal major tenets of the Affordable Care Act.

Regardless of your thoughts on the substance of the repeal efforts, suffice it to say the closed-door, partisan process has not exactly been a model of how legislation affecting the lives of tens of millions of Americans should be carried out.

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