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Wednesday, January 19, 2011

U.S. House votes to repeal Affordable Care Act

Late this afternoon the House of Representatives voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act. The Senate leadership has indicated they will not take up the measure. Read a summary of news reports on the vote by Kaiser Health News. 

An editorial by former rural state governors Kathleen Sebelius (current Health and Human Services Secretary) and Tom Vilsack (Agriculture Secretary) highlights some of the rural-focused provisions of the Affordable Care Act.