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Re:Non-profit’s $300 hepatitis C cure as effective as $84k a... by joe_fro on Friday April 13, 2018 @12:12AM (#16827083)
The Democrats passed the bill in the senate 60-39, with 2 independents voting for, and all Republicans voting against. Then that bill was passed in the house with a vote of 219–212 with 34 Democrats and all 178 Republicans voting against it. This wasn't partisan, this was Democrats passing a bill without any Republican votes. The band-aids were to get moderate Democrats on board.

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Re:Non-profit’s $300 hepatitis C cure as effective as $84k a... by NickM on Tuesday April 24, 2018 @10:08AM (#16912677)
Lieberman singlehandedly killed the public option, though. Obamacare would have looked very different if that had survived.
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