Republicans refuse to name members to healthcare panel

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House Speaker John Boehner holds a news conference at the U.S. Capitol in WashingtonBy David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In a largely symbolic move, Republican leaders in Congress told President Barack Obama on Thursday that they will not participate in picking members of a controversial healthcare panel intended to restrain cost growth in the Medicare health insurance program for the elderly and disabled. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner and Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell informed the president in a May 9 letter that they will not recommend appointments to the 15-member Independent Payment Advisory Board, or IPAB, and want the panel repealed instead. …

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