House Republicans continued their multipronged attack on the health-care law enacted last year with
a vote Wednesday to eliminate a section in the law providing $15 billion over the next decade for preventive health care such as fighting obesity and reducing smoking.
The sponsor of the repeal legislation, Rep. Joe Pitts (R., Pa.), said that while some of the spending might be laudable, "we have created a slush fund that the secretary [of Health and Human Services] can spend from without any congressional oversight or approval."
