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Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., ended his news conference announcing his opposition to the Senate draft health bill by attacking its effect on premiums.

Heller noted it would be a lie to say that the bill would lower premiums because there "isn't anything in the bill that would lower premiums."

Heller's attack follows a statement from four conservative senators opposing the bill in its current form (Sens. Mike Lee, Rand Paul, Ted Cruz, and Ron Johnson) in part on the grounds that it didn't do enough to bring down costs. Whereas conservatives have been focusing on how the bill preserves too many of Obamacare's regulations to be able to drive down premiums, liberals have argued that the revised subsidies helping individuals purchase insurance are too paltry.

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