After years of criticizing the Patient Protection and AffordableCare Act, the GOP has unveiled an alternative plan to thecontroversial law that would scrap PPACA’s mandates but still offer taxcredits for those buying private insurance.

The plan debuts the same week the House cast its first vote torepeal PPACA this year.

An outline of the plan — called the Patient Choice, Affordability,Responsibility, and Empowerment (CARE) Act — was made public lateWednesday by Senate Finance Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, HouseEnergy and Commerce Chairman Fred Upton, R-Mich., and Sen. RichardBurr, R-N.C.

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