The AP (10/14, Alonso-Zaldivar) reported that HHS has “pulled the plug on a major program in the president’s signature health overhaul law — a long-term care insurance plan dogged from the beginning by doubts over its financial solvency.” This program, “targeted by congressional Republicans for repeal,” became “the first casualty in the political and policy wars over the healthcare law. It had been expected to launch in 2013.” Sen. John Thune, who led opposition to CLASS in the Senate, said, “This is a victory for the American taxpayer and future generations.”
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