The Reviews of Trumpcare in the Senate Are In: Editorial Boards Across the Country Blast New Senate Bill
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The Reviews of Trumpcare in the Senate Are In: Editorial Boards Across the Country Blast New Senate Bill
Portland Press Herald Editorial: This bill would be bad for
Cleveland Plain Dealer (OH) Editorial:
"After weeks of secret negotiations,
Washington Post Editorial:
"Senate Republican leaders released on Thursday a draft health-care bill, supposedly designed to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. It includes a range of mostly unwise and ungenerous changes to the nation's health-care system, but it might, if enacted, end up as mostly a massive, unpaid-for tax cut for wealthy people and industries with pull on
National Review Editorial: The
"If the bill is not amended in such fashion, it is likely to die, and it will be difficult to mourn the loss." [
Los Angeles Times Editorial: Who wins and who loses in the
"This is an ugly piece of work, as was the House bill on which it's based. Worse, it was drafted in secret and is now on a fast track for a floor vote. Its main goal isn't to improve healthcare in
San Francisco Chronicle Editorial: A Republican juggernaut is on track to demolish Obamacare
"In both its essentials and purpose, the
Mercury News Editorial:
"The 142-page
Modesto Bee Editorial: Ouch! If it becomes law,
"We finally got a glimpse of the
Sacramento Bee Editorial: And you thought
"So no matter the new name and a few tweaks, the bottom line of the
Connecticut Post Editorial:
"The
Chicago Sun-Times Editorial:
"The
Advocate Editorial:
"Advocates for the poor and working families appear to be most agitated by a new health care bill springing from the
Portland Press Herald Editorial:
"Sen.
Baltimore Sun Editorial: New GOP health care bill is just as bad as the old one
"For weeks, Americans were left to wonder what 13 Republican senators were doing in their behind-closed-doors rewrite of the American Health Care Act. Now that they've released the bill, we're left to wonder... what in the heck were they doing" This new bill is almost exactly the same as the old one and is likely to have the same devastating consequences for millions of Americans." [
Boston Globe Editorial: To no one's surprise,
"Their dirty little secret is officially out. The
"If Obamacare sought to see that most folk had affordable health insurance, Trumpcare - and that's what it will be known as if it becomes law - tells many of those people to go straight to hell. Did the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act have real problems" Yes, absolutely. But the
Kansas City Star Editorial: Medicaid cuts would be a devastating blow for rural America
"Thursday,
Bergen County Record Editorial: Slow down McConnell's quick fix
"Republican leadership in the
New York Times Editorial: The
"It would be a big mistake to call the legislation
Newsday Editorial:
"The
Charlotte Observer Editorial:
"But make no mistake: The
"The
Cleveland Plain Dealer Editorial:
"The
Philadelphia Inquirer Editorial:
"The
Rutland Herald Editorial: Attack on America
"The cuts in funding for health care are accompanied by cuts in taxes for wealthy taxpayers, and it is worth asking Republican senators what their plan says about the priority of America's problems. On the one hand, there is an epidemic of addiction and death that is claiming the lives of tens of thousands of Americans every years, ravaging communities, ruining families, depressing economies, overburdening state budgets. On the other hand,
"But both versions still amount to tax cuts for the wealthy -- repealing the tax increases passed to pay for the ACA -- disguised as health care reforms; they seek to cut federal support for Medicaid and insurance subsidies for low-income people and cancel Medicare reimbursements for women who rely on
National Review: Obamacare Failure Is on the Democrats
Maryland Hospital Association Urges Cardin, Van Hollen to Oppose Republican Health Care Plan
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