The Health Post
Republicans in the U.S. Senate released their secret ‘Better Care Reconciliation Act’ that repeals and replaces the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). The real story is the impact on Medicaid, a healthcare program for the poor, disabled, and elderly. We identify the 3 most important ways the GOP health bill defunds Medicaid and who experts are saying will suffer and possibly die without their coverage.
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The GOP has passed its long-promised repeal of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) in the American Health Care Act of 2017 (aka TrumpCare). Friday’s narrow 217-213 vote tally was only in the House of Representatives, but keg stands and saber-rattling clouded that fact. The TrumpCare deal is far from complete. Does it really just say your healthcare is not the government’s concern?
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By now, you’ve probably seen nighttime talk show host Jimmy Kimmel’s emotional monologue about his newborn son. Kimmel took the opportunity to link his family’s medical experience to the national debate about saving or repealing the Affordable Care Act, dubbed Obamacare by many.
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Doctors’ groups and nurses’ associations have joined hospitals, stakeholders, and lobbying organizations against the Republican repeal and replacement plan for Obamacare. Many GOP members of Congress are themselves opposing the bill. See the remarkable list of those rejecting the American Health Care Act.
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First, the GOP promised “repeal” of Obamacare. That evolved into “repeal and replace”. Several proposed bills were presented by Republicans these last months. Now Congress and the Trump Administration present the American Health Care Act. Learn the differences between it and the Affordable Care Act.
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Supporters of the Affordable Care Act, nicknamed Obamacare, gathered by phone to discuss protecting the signature healthcare reform law. Find out its plans, and the Donald Trump election tactic it will use in the fight.
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To get health insurance under the Affordable Care Act (a.k.a. Obamacare), you must sign up by 11:59pm your time tomorrow
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Without health insurance or can’t afford what you do have? Check the Affordable Care Act’s new Marketplace for greater benefits & lower costs in new plans.
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