House Votes to Bar U.S. Funding for Insurance Exchanges
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The Republican-controlled U.S. House, trying again to dismantle last year’s health-care overhaul, voted to ban federal grant money to help states set up health-insurance exchanges.
Democrats said there’s no chance the Senate will approve the measure. The House passed it 238-183 yesterday over objections from President Barack Obama, who last year pushed through Congress the law to expand health-care coverage. The law requires Americans to get insurance, with help from subsidies and purchasing exchanges.