Two potential 2016 Republican presidential candidates -- Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio -- are teaming up on a proposal to replace President Barack Obama's signature health care law. Their plan could be voted on in the new Congress next year, when the GOP will control both the House and Senate. The Washington Examiner first reported that Ryan and Rubio began discussing a plan this spring, and the Tampa Bay Times published another report about the collaboration on Monday. But with Ryan ascending to a top House committee post and the Senate being run by Republicans in 2015, the joint effort gets new momentum. No details about the Ryan-Rubio health care proposal were disclosed by either Republican's offices, and both say discussions about the issue are continuing. A spokesman for Ryan told CNN that the Wisconsin Republican "has been talking with reformers, like Senator Rubio, about solutions to deliver quality, affordable health care coverage to American families." House Speaker John Boehner pledged back in January that House Republicans would draft and vote on an alternative to Obamacare in 2014. The GOP controlled House voted more than 50 times on bills to change or repeal the law, but has not voted on their own proposal. "Repeal and replace" was a key refrain from House GOP members when they took control of the House after the 2010 midterm election. Ryan was part of a group of members who met and discussed various proposals this year, but divisions inside the GOP conference stalled that effort, and leaders put any vote aside until after the midterm election. Read more http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/11/politics/rubio-ryan-obamacare-alternative/index.html?hpt=po_c2
