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Ryan, Trump Meet As More Republicans Defect From Health Care Bill

Centrist and hard-line Republicans have come out against the Republican plan to replace the Affordable Care Act. If it fails, it would be a major defeat for President Trump and Speaker Ryan.
House Speaker Paul Ryan leaves a meeting of the House Republican caucus on Thursday evening.

The Republican health care plan is on life support.

House Speaker Paul Ryan headed to the White House Friday afternoon to brief President Trump on the bill's status amid key GOP defections.

A defeat of its plan, the American Health Care Act, would be devastating to the GOP. The party has vowed repeatedly over the past

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