Votes held Wednesday show the Republicans may still have a chance to push an Affordable Care Act (ACA) change bill through the Senate.

Seven Republican senators, including some who usually stick with other Republicans on major votes, crossed party lines today to vote against Senate Amendment 271, the so-called "skinny" ACA change bill.

Even more Republicans — nine — crossed party lines Tuesday to reject Senate Amendment 270, the "fat" ACA change bill.

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Allison Bell

Allison Bell, a senior reporter at ThinkAdvisor and BenefitsPRO, previously was an associate editor at National Underwriter Life & Health. She has a bachelor's degree in economics from Washington University in St. Louis and a master's degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. She can be reached through X at @Think_Allison.

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