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We don’t need to eliminate the ethanol industry, just the mandate to use it. Let consumers decide at the gas pump if they want ethanol in their gasoline.

The EPA is confirming what scientists have known for years: Fracking poses no harm to water supplies. 

Five payers have been struggling to maintain profit selling health plans on the health insurance exchanges.

Dr. Merrill Matthews of IPI says clues for possible Republican replacements are in the House bill Price wrote. The plan included expanded tax credits for those who do not have coverage from an employer and a major expansion of tax-free, health care spending accounts for everyone, Matthews said.

McConnell would be "starting off on a very bad foot and confirming conservatives' worst fears about him" to reconfirm any Democratic commissioner before Wheeler's absence, IPI's Tom Giovanetti said.

As head of HHS, Dr. Tom Price will liklely use his own Obamacare replacement bill as the starting point for negotiations. 

Bringing back a new and improved high risk pool system as part of a replacement plan would help get the health insurance market functioning once again.

Children's health insurance was never meant to cover women well into their childbearing years.

“Republicans must repeal Obamacare,” said Matthews. “Crafting a suitable replacement may take some time, but these steps will get the process started while helping a struggling public find affordable coverage."

Repeal-and-replace could be a minefield. As Politico reports, smart, politically attuned congressional Republicans are already scared of the implications. But they need to get started immediately to fulfill that oft-made campaign promise.