Bet you never saw this one coming.

House Republicans burned the midnight oil this week to draft legislation to actually strengthen the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. After dozens of failed attempts to repeal the landmark legislation– at a cost of God knows how much time and taxpayer money – it look like House Republicans are taking the more practical, if belated, approach to fixing this broken mess.

Congressmen drafted the House bill, dubbed the "Helping Sick Americans Now Act," to provide additional funding for the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan, the high-risk pool the new health law created as a way of bridging the gap for those with pre-existing conditions until the PPACA is fully implemented.

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