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McClatchy Washington Bureau
McClatchy Washington Bureau
National
Michael Wilner and Alex Roarty

Biden pursues low-profile strategy on health care, hoping to avoid Obamacare pitfalls

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden campaigned on a promise not to revolutionize the health care system, but to build on “Obamacare” through quiet, incremental change.

Tucked away in his $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill, which the House passed Wednesday and Biden is expected to sign Friday, is the first test of that strategy.

The massive spending package includes the largest expansion of access to health care since the Affordable Care Act became law 11 years ago. Yet the provision barely received mention from the White House in its push to get the bill passed through Congress. The .

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