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    Read the Long-Secret Senate Republican Health Care Bill

    After weeks of negotiations behind closed doors, senators release their plan to repeal Obamacare.

    http://www.motherjones.com/polit…

    Excerpt:

    The bill takes 25 pages to get to perhaps its most significant effect: a massive tax cut, with most of the benefits going to the wealthiest Americans. Like the health care bill that passed the House last month, the Senate’s legislation ditches all of Obamacare’s taxes and pays for that move by slashing spending on Medicaid—both Obamacare’s expansion of Medicaid and general Medicaid funding. The bill puts a general cap on how much money the federal government will give states under Medicaid, ending the program’s open-ended promise to fund the health needs of poor people. In the long run, that will result in a massive reduction in Medicaid spending. The bill also grants states the option of adding a work requirement to their Medicaid programs. The measure would also revoke federal funding from Planned Parenthood. The bill bans any subsidies for insurance plans that offer abortion coverage.

    And...

    And...

    And the only reason it won't pass immediately is that four GOP senators are objecting because it provides TOO MUCH coverage.

    This is the idiotic state of affairs in this country. I'm ready to emigrate.

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    • so how can this possibly get by their voters?dorkKn1ght
    • They watch FOXallthethings
    • Here's a crazy thought. Before I read that Cruz was one of the Senators holding it back, I wondered if they were just saying that to save face with the GOP...kona
    • ... Rather than say "This bill is so fucked up not even I can vote for it". But then I read Cruz and that guy would eat his own family if it benefited himkona
    • but they'll feel the repercussions despite fox's propaganda. Are we all that dense? I thought trump voters we're surprisingly educated.dorkKn1ght
    • just look at this article, mobile homes, no h.s. education, etc. it makes for people who are easily fooled.
      https://nyti.ms/2jFU…      dorf
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