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In this Thursday, March 16, 2017 photo, Lisa Schwetschenau poses for a photo in Omaha, Neb. A new report said the Republican plan to replace the Affordable Care Act would raise health insurance costs in Nebraska faster than in most other states. Schwetschenau suffers from multiple sclerosis and is afraid that she'll lose some of the essential benefits she relied on after her diagnosis – physical therapy, mental health treatment to deal with the stress. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
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Anna Holloway poses for a photo at her home in Norman, Okla., Wednesday, March 15, 2017. Holloway, 60, who received tax subsidies to purchase health insurance on the federal exchange, said she's fearful the new GOP plan could price her out of the market for health insurance. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
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Anna Holloway poses for a photo at her home in Norman, Okla., Wednesday, March 15, 2017. Holloway, 60, who received tax subsidies to purchase health insurance on the federal exchange, said she's fearful the new GOP plan could price her out of the market for health insurance. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
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In this Thursday, March 16, 2017, photo, a Cleveland policeman stands watch during an NBA basketball game between the Utah Jazz and the Cleveland Cavaliers, in Cleveland. The city of Cleveland is discussing the creation of a pilot program to test the feasibility of Cleveland police officers wearing body cameras while working part-time jobs in uniform at events like Cleveland Cavaliers home games. The monitoring team overseeing a reform-minded agreement between the city and Justice Department plans to ask a federal judge to require such a policy.(AP Photo/Tony Dejak)
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In this Thursday, March 16, 2017, a Cleveland policeman stands watch during an NBA basketball game between the Utah Jazz and the Cleveland Cavaliers, in Cleveland. The city of Cleveland is discussing the creation of a pilot program to test the feasibility of Cleveland police officers wearing body cameras while working part-time jobs in uniform at events like Cleveland Cavaliers home games. The monitoring team overseeing a reform-minded agreement between the city and Justice Department plans to ask a federal judge to require such a policy.(AP Photo/Tony Dejak)
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FILE - In this July 16, 2013, file photo, an IBM logo is displayed in Berlin, Vt. IBM reports financial results Monday, Oct. 17, 2016. IBM says it will hire 2,000 U.S. veterans over the next four years as part of a broader expansion plan.The company said in December that it hopes to hire 25,000 people over the next four years, partly for what it calls “new collar jobs” where a four-year degree isn’t necessarily required. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)
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FILE - In this Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017 file photo, demonstrators, including Italian airliner Alitalia's workers, gather during a strike in front of Leonardo da Vinci International airport in Fiumicino, some 30 kilometers from Rome. Unions representing Alitalia workers on Friday, March 17, 2017, announced a strike on April 5 to protest deep job and salary cuts as part of a new plan to relaunch the struggling airline. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File)
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In this picture taken Wednesday, May 7, 2014, Alitalia planes are parked on the tarmac prior to take off from the Linate airport, in Milan, Italy. Unions representing Alitalia workers on Friday, March 17, 2017, announced a strike on April 5 to protest deep job and salary cuts as part of a new plan to relaunch the struggling airline. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
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Putting ill will of the Republican presidential race behind him, President Trump has engaged in diplomacy with those he has to work with on Capitol Hill. His spokesman rejects assertions that he is being bamboozled about the health care repeal-and-replace plan. (Associated Press)
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FILE--In this Jan. 26, 2017, file photo, Oregon House Speaker Tina Kotek, D-Portland, speaks in Salem, Ore. Preparing for federal abortion restrictions and health-care cuts, Oregon lawmakers are considering a bill that would ban interference in terminating a pregnancy, and would ensure that health-care services related to reproductive health are fully covered by insurance. Kotek says the measure makes sure all reproductive health care is affordable and accessible. (AP Photo/Don Ryan, file)
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In this Monday, March 13, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump listens during a meeting on healthcare in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
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In this Friday, Feb. 10, 2017, photo, a shopper passes a sale sign in the Shadyside shopping district of Pittsburgh. On Wednesday, March 15, 2017, the Labor Department reports on U.S. consumer prices for February. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
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President Donald Trump listens during a meeting on healthcare in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, March 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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President Trump and Cabinet members are key to the second phase of the American Health Care Act, but Republicans haven't outlined how the administration will release regulations to carry out the policies. (Associated Press)
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Home health care worker Nancy Ross holds up a sign while out during a late winter snow storm on Tuesday, March 14, 2017, in Bristol, Conn. (Mike Orazzi/The Bristol Press via AP)
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A traveler sits in front of an unstaffed check-in counter during a strike organized by the German ver.di union at the Tegel airport in Berlin, Germany, Monday, March 13, 2017. The union, representing airport ground staff, has called on its members to go on strike again at Berlin's two airports Tegel and Schoenefeld. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
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Cancelled flights appear on a flight information board when German ver.di union went on a strike at the airport Tegel in Berlin, Germany, Monday, March 13, 2017. The union, representing airport ground staff, has called on its members to go on strike again at Berlin's two airports Tegel and Schoenefeld. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
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President Donald Trump gestures while speaking during a meeting on healthcare in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, March 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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In this Feb. 16, 2017, photo, Parker O'Neall, a homeless man living in a shelter of tarps in the outskirts of Everett, Wash., walks back to his encampment in the woods after talking with police and social workers checking on him. As overdose deaths from opioids and heroin spiked the mayor of Everett took steps to tackle the epidemic devastating this working-class city north of Seattle. Mayor Ray Stephanson has spent thousands to clean up streets, hire social workers to ride along with police officers and build permanent housing for the chronically homeless. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
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In this Feb. 16, 2017, photo, social workers and police check in on a homeless man living in a rough shelter in the woods in Everett, Wash. Everett Mayor Ray Stephanson has spent thousands to clean up streets, hire social workers to ride along with police officers and build permanent housing for the chronically homeless, many with addiction problems. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
