As expected, President Barack Obama vetoed a Republican-backed measure that would have repealed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Republicans in the House and Senate had guided through bills designed to repeal the health insurance program known colloquially as Obamacare.

And while the GOP never anticipated that the legislation  would receive the president's signature, the party nonetheless claimed a moral victory in merely pushing the measure as far as the White House.

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Dan Cook

Dan Cook is a journalist and communications consultant based in Portland, OR. During his journalism career he has been a reporter and editor for a variety of media companies, including American Lawyer Media, BusinessWeek, Newhouse Newspapers, Knight-Ridder, Time Inc., and Reuters. He specializes in health care and insurance related coverage for BenefitsPRO.

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