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"It's no secret that we preferred to start over," McConnell said of Republican efforts repeal and replace Obamacare.

The effort will focus on staffing, surgical outcomes and patient experience in facilities that are performing increasingly complex procedures and seeing more aging patients.

In 2017, 33 percent of those employers provided general medical clinics, compared to 24 percent in 2012.

But the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation says most participants would be fully protected if agency has to step in.

Medicare Part B premiums will increase to about 1.1 percent, but some high-income enrollees will see a 7.4 percent increase.

Drugmakers have said that disclosing list prices without additional context would be confusing to patients.