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Bare-bones insurance options added to health bill in bid to woo conservatives

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WASHINGTON — Senate Republican leaders added new language to their health care bill Thursday to allow the sale of cheap, bare-bones insurance plans in an attempt to draw enough conservative support to pass the measure to replace Obamacare.

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