President Obama met behind closed doors Wednesday morning with congressional Democrats to devise a strategy to save the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, and other health-care policies — the very day Republicans have commenced debate on how to get rid of the massive 2010 health-care law, reports The Washington Post.

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