House Democrats
have delivered a fix-it-or-else ultimatum to President Obama, giving his administration until Friday to find an affordable solution for the millions of Americans losing their health plans under the law -- or risk some Democrats backing a Republican solution.
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Three more swing state Senate Democrats seeking re-election in 2014 signed onto legislation drafted by Sen. Mary Landrieu of Louisiana to ensure that anyone liking their current coverage would be able to keep it, an attempt to resolve the issue of cancellations.
In the House, meanwhile, majority Republicans set a vote for Friday on legislation to permit insurance companies to continue selling existing policies that have been ordered scrapped because they fall short of coverage standards in the law.
