Senate Republican leaders are starting what’s shaping up to be asecretive process to write their version of an Obamacare overhaul-- even after some GOP senators complained that the House devisedsweeping health-care legislation behind closed doors.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell ofKentucky held a private meeting Tuesday of an all-male working group of GOP senators who willhelp shape the chamber’s own version of an Affordable Care Actreplacement. Among other changes, they’ll probably curb the Housebill’s deep cuts to Medicaid and bolster protections for insurancecustomers who are older, poor or have pre-existing healthconditions.

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