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Republicans believe that rate hikes and dwindling numbers of choices on Obamacare exchanges may work in their favor in the 2016 election season. (Associated Press)

Republicans hope Obamacare complications will flip key states

Republicans are weaponizing Obamacare's latest struggles in the final days of the 2016 campaign, hoping outsize rate hikes and dwindling choices will tilt the balance in key states even if only a small percentage of voters actually use the program.

October 30, 2016
FILE - In this Oct. 20, 2016 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks about the Affordable Care Act, at Miami Dade College in Miami. President Barack Obama is leaving the White House in just a few months, but his namesake health care law will still be generating headlines. With premiums rising significantly and some insurers bailing out, the 2017 sign-up season that starts Nov. 1, 2106, could get tricky. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Obama to allies: Cut through ‘political noise’ around health law

President Obama urged thousands of allies Thursday to cut through the "political noise" around his signature health care law and drive people into its web-based exchanges starting Nov. 1, betting consumers will be impressed with their options if they actually log on.

October 27, 2016
Republican Sen. Pat Toomey takes part in a Pennsylvania U.S. Senate debate with Democrat Katie McGinty at Temple University in Philadelphia, Monday, Oct. 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) ** FILE **

Pat Toomey, Joe Heck, Marco Rubio back away from Donald Trump

Sen. Pat Toomey, a Republican locked in a tense re-election battle in Pennsylvania, is now running ads spotlighting disagreements with his party's presidential nominee Donald Trump and personal praise from the Democratic vice presidential nominee.

October 26, 2016
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton responds to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump during the third presidential debate at UNLV in Las Vegas, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

House GOP eyes contempt proceedings over Clinton emails

A Republican House chairman on Thursday said he will move to hold in contempt the Colorado-based firm that Hillary Clinton hired to help run the private email server she used as secretary of state during President Obama's first term.

October 20, 2016
President Barack Obama speaks about the Affordable Care Act, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016, at Miami Dade College in Miami. Obama is in Miami to encourage people to sign up for health care coverage under the Affordable Care Act during an upcoming enrollment period. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Obama says Obamacare is working, yet needs fixes

President Obama fiercely defended his signature health care law Thursday, saying it has slashed the uninsured rate to historic lows, though he implored his successor and Congress to cure the "growing pains" that have battered the program politically and left millions of uninsured on the sidelines.

October 20, 2016
Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell speaks at the Treasury Department in Washington on July 28, 2014. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

HHS expects 13.8M signups under Obamacare, amid challenges

Obamacare's exchanges will attract roughly 1 million more customers than they did last year, administration officials predicted Wednesday, saying they're confident the program will grow in 2017 despite widespread concerns about rising premiums and dwindling consumer choice.

October 19, 2016