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Over the past year-and-a-half, United States Senator Orrin Hatch has led the fight against Obamacare. While pursuing full repeal, he has also introduced bills to repeal some of the most onerous aspects of Obamacare, including the individual mandate, the employer mandate, the Medicaid maintenance-of-…

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