Should-Read: Jeff Stein: GOP senators are rushing to pass Graham-Cassidy. We asked 9 to explain what it does

  • Should-Read: Republican Senators can find nobody who will, even in public (with private reservations), even pretend to agree with them that GC will not result in massive losses of health insurance coverage by tens of millions. Not even Avik Roy. Nobody. Literally nobody:

Jeff Stein: GOP senators are rushing to pass Graham-Cassidy. We asked 9 to explain what it does: “Republican senators are struggling to articulate why they are rushing to pass their last-ditch effort to repeal and replace Obamacare… https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/9/20/16333876/republican-senators-graham-cassidy

The GOP senators insisted that the tens of billions in cuts to federal health spending proposed in the bill would not result in coverage losses because, they said, the states would have more flexibility. “They can do it with less money,” said Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK), who was unable to explain how or why…

September 20, 2017

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