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       Health Care Bill
   DIR By: andra
       Date: June 25, 2017, 5:09 am
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  HTML https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/22/us/politics/senate-health-care-bill.html?_r=0
       Senate Health Care Bill Includes Deep Cuts to Medicaid
       "WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans, who for seven years have
       promised a repeal of the Affordable Care Act, took a major step
       on Thursday toward that goal, unveiling a bill to make deep cuts
       in Medicaid and end the law’s mandate that most Americans have
       health insurance.
       The 142-page bill would create a new system of federal tax
       credits to help people buy health insurance, while offering
       states the ability to drop many of the benefits required by the
       Affordable Care Act, like maternity care, emergency services and
       mental health treatment.
       But the measure landed in rough seas ahead of a vote that
       Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the majority leader, wants
       next week. Four conservative senators, Rand Paul of Kentucky,
       Ted Cruz of Texas, Mike Lee of Utah and Ron Johnson of
       Wisconsin, announced that they would oppose it without changes —
       more than enough to bring it down.
       “It does not appear this draft as written will accomplish the
       most important promise that we made to Americans: to repeal
       Obamacare and lower their health care costs,” the four wrote in
       a joint statement.".
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