Wyoming's two senators are set to play a key role in the Republican effort to repeal and replace Obamacare. Senate Republicans, led by Senator Mike Enzi took their first steps towards repealing the Affordable Care Act in a late night session. Enzi called it a necessary first step. “The problem that we have is that the bridge of Obamacare is collapsing, and the first thing you do when a bridge is collapsing is send out a rescue team. And that’s all we did: we sent out a rescue team. Now the rescue team has to see that people don’t fall into the river and that we get a number of different ways of getting across that same river.” As for that rescue team? Democrats say they've been given an impossible task if Republicans repeal the health law before replacing it. But Enzi counters that the GOP plan is much less complicated than the comprehensive attempt Democrats passed under President Obama. “It’s only hard to grasp if you’re anticipating that we’re going to do a 2,700 page bill to fix
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