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FILE - In this Oct. 16, 2016, file photo, Cincinnati Bengals tackle Andrew Whitworth,left, blocks against the New England Patriots during an NFL football game at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass. The draft remains the most significant means by which to build and fortify a franchise. Yet, as the salary cap increases exponentially each year under the 10-year labor agreement reached in 2011, the lure of veterans on the open market can be powerful. (Winslow Townson/AP Images for Panini, File)
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FILE - In this Feb. 5, 2017, file photo, New England Patriots Dont'a Hightower folllows the action during NFL football's Super Bowl 51 against the Atlanta Falcons in Houston. The draft remains the most significant means by which to build and fortify a franchise. Yet, as the salary cap increases exponentially each year under the 10-year labor agreement reached in 2011, the lure of veterans on the open market can be powerful. (AP Photo/Gregory Payan, File)
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Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, walks to a room on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 2, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **
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In this May 8, 2014, file photo, Baylor University President Ken Starr testifies at the House Committee on Education and Workforce on college athletes forming unions. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, File)
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Democrats appear to be missing in action as President Trump and congressional Republicans forge ahead on a health care fix. (Associated Press/File)
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Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, left, reacts as employees of Whole Foods supermarket cut bread as part of a grand opening ceremony of the store, Wednesday, March 1, 2017, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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FILE - In this Jan. 30, 2017 file photo, Cinder Sonis, right, an advocate with Legal Aid Society of Hawaii, helps a customer enroll in an Affordable Care Act health insurance plan in Honolulu. Allowing insurers to market health care policies across state lines is one of President Donald Trump's main ideas for bringing down costs. While supporters of the idea cast it as a way to make insurance policies more competitive, critics say it's unlikely to result in more affordable plans and could undermine stronger consumer protections in states such as California and Hawaii. (AP Photo/Cathy Bussewitz, File)
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FILE - In this Feb. 12, 2015, file photo, enrollment counselor Vue Yang, left, goes over some of the plans available through the state health insurance exchange with Laura San Nicolas, center, accompanied by her daughter, Geena, while enrolling for health insurance at Sacramento Covered in Sacramento, Calif. Allowing insurers to market health care policies across state lines is one of President Donald Trump's main ideas for bringing down costs. While supporters of the idea cast it as a way to make insurance policies more competitive, critics say it's unlikely to result in more affordable plans and could undermine stronger consumer protections in states such as California and Hawaii. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
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This July 25, 2011, file photo shows Hershey's chocolate in Overland Park, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
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Gov. Larry Hogan highlighted Maryland's "exciting economic resurgence" on Tuesday and reiterated his commitment to promoting education, job training and tax breaks for manufacturers in high-unemployment areas. (Associated Press)
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President Donald Trump meets with health insurance company CEOs, Monday, Feb. 27, 2017, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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President Donald Trump, left, and Vice President Mike Pence, right, participate in a meeting with health insurance company executives in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Feb. 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price listens at right as President Donald Trump speaks to health insurance company executives, Monday, Feb. 27, 2017, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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FILE - In this Feb. 16, 2017 file photo, Supreme Court Justice nominee Neil Gorsuch, right, meets with Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn. on Capitol Hill in Washington. A review of dozens of employment cases Gorsuch heard in his decade at the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals reveals a focus on texts and a fondness for scrutinizing definitions of words in legislation and the Constitution. Conservatives herald his strict approach. Many liberals say it too often results in workers losing out. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
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House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brad said Republicans are working hard on a plan to improve the nation's health care system, and "I'm confident the House will move forward with legislation to do just that in March." (Associated Press)
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Healthcare Industry Dependence on Obamacare Finances Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price is followed by reporters as he leaves a health care meeting during the National Governors Association Winter Meeting in Washington, Saturday, Feb. 25, 2017. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
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The HealthCare.gov 2017 web site home page is seen on a laptop in Washington, in this Oct. 24, 2016, file photo. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
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Jay Aeba of the Japanese Conservative Union offers his remarks during a breakout panel titled "Free Trade, Fair Trade or Phony Trade" on the second day of the American Conservative Union CPAC 2017 at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Md., Thursday, February 23, 2017. (Photo Rod Lamkey Jr.)
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President of the National Policy Institute Richard Spencer is removed by security from CPAC 2017 on the second day of the American Conservative Union CPAC 2017 at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Md., Thursday, February 23, 2017. (Photo Rod Lamkey Jr.)
