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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Thu Jun 22, 2017, 01:26 PM Jun 2017

Senate GOP health bill seeks to hobble Obama law

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans have released a 142-page draft of their bill to eliminate much of the Obama health care law.

The measure would cut and revamp Medicaid, the health care program for lower-income and disabled people.

It would repeal tax increases Obama's law imposed on higher-income people and medical industry companies to pay for expanded coverage. And it would end the tax penalty Obama's statute imposes on people who don't buy insurance — in effect, ending the so-called individual mandate.

Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is hoping to push the measure through the Senate next week. But its fate remains uncertain.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/senate-gop-health-bill-seeks-to-hobble-obama-law/ar-BBD155N?li=BBnb4R7&ocid=edgsp

Read the full text of the bill (.PDF)

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Senate GOP health bill seeks to hobble Obama law (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2017 OP
This says it all Fait Accompli Jun 2017 #1
The incredible thing is this bill will tremendously harm millions of GOP voters. Eliot Rosewater Jun 2017 #2

Eliot Rosewater

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2. The incredible thing is this bill will tremendously harm millions of GOP voters.
Thu Jun 22, 2017, 01:32 PM
Jun 2017

The leadership is purposely trying to harm them, and most of them will still vote for GOP.

This is why we cant fix anything here.

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