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Paul Ryan courts Freedom Caucus with ‘risk sharing’ healthcare amendment

By Philip Wegmann
Published April 6, 2017 4:10pm ET
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Paul Ryan courts Freedom Caucus with ‘risk sharing’ healthcare amendment
Ryan said it was "real progress" and Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows agrees. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) | J. Scott Applewhite

House conservatives love it when plan B starts to come together.

After insisting for weeks that healthcare reform was a binary choice, Speaker Paul Ryan just backed a Freedom Caucus amendment to allow risk-sharing in insurance markets. Ryan said it was “real progress” and Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows agrees.

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