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Republicans Should Save These 3 Unpopular Parts of Obamacare
Without them, the individual market could tip into a death spiral after repeal.
Slashed, not burned.
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As Republicans consider repealing Obamacare, what bits should they be looking to keep? A lot of people will have different answers to this, of course, but to my mind the most important and unobjectionable bits of Obamacare are payment reform, comparative-effectiveness research and the tax on gold-plated health-care plans.