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Chastened Lawmakers Aim For Small, Bipartisan Health Care Victories

Senate Republicans and Democrats are trying something new on health care. It's called cooperation.
Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., is working with Patty Murray, D-Wash., on a bill to stabilize the health insurance market. / Zach Gibson / Getty Images

After Republicans in the Senate spectacularly failed to deliver on their promise to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, a smaller group of lawmakers is trying a new approach: bring in the Democrats and aim low.

It starts Wednesday when the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee holds the over two weeks with the goal of passing a modest bill to help stabilize the Obamacare health insurance

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