Bipartisan plan to curb health premiums gets strong support

By ERICA WERNER and ALAN FRAM
WASHINGTON  — A bipartisan proposal to calm churning health insurance markets gained momentum Thursday when enough lawmakers rallied behind it to give it potentially unstoppable Senate support. As the measure’s prospects grew, Republican frustration burst into the open over President Donald Trump’s erratic response to the plan.
Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., second from right, is surrounded by reporters as she heads to vote on budget amendments,