Healthcare groups denounce revised GOP health bill (Call your congresscritter, please)

[Snarkoleptic]

Please call your congresscritter to push back on those supporting this ill-conceived bill.
The first AHCA wasn't mean & dumb enough, so they made it meaner and dumber to attract the firebaggers.

http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/330896-american-medical-association-denounces-gop-health-bill

Leading healthcare and advocacy groups are urging Congress not to pass the revised Republican ObamaCare replacement bill, fearing that changes could harm those with pre-existing conditions.

The American Hospital Association (AHA), American Medical Association (AMA) and American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) all denounced the revised bill on Thursday. The groups were already opposed to the American Health Care Act (AHCA), saying that millions would lose coverage, but raised new concerns about an amendment from Rep. Tom MacArthur (R-N.J.).

“We are deeply concerned that the AHCA would result in millions of Americans losing their current health insurance coverage,” AMA President Dr. James Madara wrote in a letter. “Nothing in the MacArthur amendment remedies the shortcomings of the underlying bill.”

The amendment would also allow states to apply for waivers to repeal ObamaCare’s community rating protection, which protects people with pre-existing conditions from being charged much higher premiums.

“We are particularly concerned about allowing states to waive this requirement because it will likely lead to patients losing their coverage,” Madara wrote.

The AARP says the revised bill is "even worse," warning lawmakers it intends to "let all 38 million of our members know exactly" how their representative votes on the legislation, if it makes it to the House floor.

Not-so-fun-facts are important to mention during calls to congress as well.
Number of Americans with Pre-Existing Conditions by Congressional District
https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/healthcare/news/2017/04/05/430059/number-americans-pre-existing-conditions-congressional-district/