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With a lot of buzz surrounding the current efforts to fulfill a campaign promise to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare), Congressman Adam Kinzinger joined us this morning on the WROK Morning Show to discuss where we are in that process, and where we're going.

John Gregory -- Illinois Radio Network A new bill in Congress would allow undocumented immigrants to purchase health insurance on the exchanges set up by the Affordable Care Act. Introduced by U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez, the legislation would allow undocumented immigrants to buy coverage on the exchanges if they've established residency in a state and file taxes...

CHICAGO (AP) — Federal officials say more than 297,000 Illinois residents have signed up and paid for private health insurance on the marketplace created by President Barack Obama's health care law. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said Tuesday that nearly 78 percent of those Illinois consumers are getting a tax subsidy to help them with the cost...

WROK's Hugh Hewitt had a full show on Wednesday night, welcoming three 2016 presidential candidates to the program. Sen. Lindsey Graham, Sen. Ted Cruz, and former Gov. Mike Huckabee all stopped by to chat. Hugh even got at least two of them sniping at each other...

Illinois Congressman Adam Kinzinger joined the show this week to discuss recent Supreme Court decisions involving Obamacare and gay marriage. Kinzinger told us that in the wake of King v. Burwell ruling, running on a "repeal and replace" platform could work again in 2016 for Republican candidates because the law remains unpopular...

WROK’s Hugh Hewitt continued his conversations with the 2016 presidential candidates on Tuesday night as U.S. Senator Ted Cruz returned to the show. You can listen to the full interview and find the transcript at Hugh’s website. Cruz was asked about last week's U...

In perhaps the most anticipated ruling since the original decision on the President's Affordable Care Act law, the Supreme Court has upheld a key provision of the legislation, affirming that 6.4 million people can continue to receive subsidies that assist them in purchasing healthcare plans...

U.S. Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin joined us on the show this week to discuss a number of items bubbling up in Washington. At the top of the list was his proposal on Obamacare changes if the Supreme Court against the Obama administration in King v...

Jim Anderson -- Illinois Radio Network Illinois will not be running a state-based health insurance exchange – at least not soon, as lawmakers left Springfield without calling the measure for a vote in the House. “We ran out of time to get the support we needed or the bill,” said State Rep...

John Gregory -- Illinois Radio Network The outgoing governor hopes the idea of state-run health insurance exchange isn’t dead in Illinois. The state currently has a partnership marketplace with the federal government’s http://www...