Wednesday, March 15, 2017

GOP’s awful health care bill: Republicans serve up atrocious policy paired with horrendous politics

http://www.salon.com/2017/03/07/gops-awful-health-care-bill-republicans-serve-up-atrocious-policy-paired-with-horrendous-politics/
"After more than half a decade of breaking promise after promise to produce some sort of legislation to “replace” the Affordable Care Act, congressional Republicans have finally unveiled an actual health care bill. And boy oh boy, is it terrible. In essence, House Speaker Paul Ryan (with the blessing of President Donald Trump) has served up legislation that sort of replicates Obamacare but is substantially worse in every way that matters: It will result in fewer people being covered, dole out less generous subsidies and screw over a lot of sick and low-income people. On top of that, it cuts taxes for the rich and doles out goodies to health insurance companies. The bill, known as the American Health Care Act, offers up a special combination of unjustifiable policy and horrendous politics."