The future of the Affordable Care Act

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U.S. Senate Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) (R) speaks as Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) looks on during a news conference on the debt ceiling negotiation July 30, 2011 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
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On the day after Republicans took the majority in the Senate and deepened their hold on the House, House Speaker John Boehner and Sen. Mitch McConnell wrote a Wall Street Journal op-ed:

Looking ahead to the next Congress, we will honor the voters' trust by focusing, first, on jobs and the economy. Among other things, that means a renewed effort to debate and vote on the many bills that passed the Republican-led House in recent years with bipartisan support, but were never even brought to a vote by the Democratic Senate majority. It also means renewing our commitment to repeal ObamaCare, which is hurting the job market along with Americans' health care.

But repeal needs a presidential signature, which Obama surely will not give. So what can Republicans do to change the Affordable Care Act?

Has the cost of your health insurance--either under MnSure or through your employers' plans--changed? Do you think the ACA needs to be scrapped or changed? Leave your comments below.

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