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Republican Baker urges Congress to keep key provisions of Obamacare

The Boston Globe: With the GOP-controlled Congress moving rapidly to dismantle President Obama’s health care law, Governor Charlie Baker is urging fellow Republicans to maintain several key provisions of the Affordable Care Act, including allowing Massachusetts to keep its first-in-the-nation mandate that all its residents have health insurance.

In a letter to House majority leader Kevin McCarthy, made public Thursday, Baker laid out a position in stark contrast to his fellow Republicans in Washington, who, with President-elect Donald Trump’s backing, are already working to eliminate Obama’s health care plan. The Senate voted Thursday morning in favor of a major step toward repeal.

Baker said that any changes should be rolled out gradually, and allow states to opt out of new requirements or keep existing programs.

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