It may be the area with the most solid agreement among US Republican presidential hopefuls: all are campaigning on promises to repeal or otherwise dismantle the health reform law strongly supported by President Barack Obama and approved in Cong ress solely on votes from Democrats.As The Lancet went to press, ahead of the New Hampshire primary on Jan 10, six candidates remained in the battle for the party's nomination to take on Obama in this November's elections. They all view the president's Affordable Care Act as too centrally controlled and unsustainable. But opposing the plan has proven more difficult for some candidates than others. Mitt Romney, for example, has had to do some backpedalling to explain why he now opposes the law when, as governor of Massachusetts, he worked with Democrats in 2006 to fashion a similar insurance system in his state.
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