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Scott Walker's Obamacare Replacement Plan Is Popular With Republicans—But Can It Work?

The GOP White House hopeful is seeking to fulfill a goal that has eluded Republicans for more than five years.
Scott Walker, governor of Wisconsin and 2016 Republican presidential candidate, speaks to attendees at the Iowa State Fair Soapbox in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S., on Monday, Aug. 17, 2015.

Scott Walker, governor of Wisconsin and 2016 Republican presidential candidate, speaks to attendees at the Iowa State Fair Soapbox in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S., on Monday, Aug. 17, 2015.

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Republican presidential candidate Scott Walker stitched together a series of popular conservative health care ideas in his newly unveiled Obamacare replacement plan on Tuesday, seeking to fulfill a goal that has eluded congressional Republicans for more than five years.

"On my very first day as president, I will send legislation to the Congress that will once and for all repeal Obamacare entirely and replace it in a way that puts patients and their families back in charge of their health care decisions," the Wisconsin governor said in a speech at a machine parts company near Minneapolis.