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Pelosi works her health care strategy from the ground up

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is laying out her strategy on health care and first up is improvements to “Obamacare” and legislation to lower prescription drug costs. “Medicare for all” will get hearings.Pelosi and President Donald Trump have been sounding similar themes about the need to address the high drug costs. But her plans to broaden financial help for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act are unlikely to find takers among Republicans.

 

Blowing snow in Colorado closes schools, highway stretches

DENVER — Blowing snow and icy roads in suburban Denver and other parts of eastern Colorado have closed schools and shut down highways.
Stretches of Interstate 70 were closed Tuesday, preventing travelers headed from near the Kansas border from reaching the Denver area.
Winds in some places were gusting up to 45 mph (72 kilometers per hour) and creating blizzard conditions.
The snow has been fairly light but the wind is pushing it across roadways, hurting visibility.

 

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