The Republican healthcare plan has a formidable foe: economics | Joe McLean

The Republicans can’t craft a workable plan on healthcare because they ignore at least four immutable economic principles

Having sworn for six years to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act, Senate Republicans, unable to pass a plan before their summer recess, recently got their first taste of how the folks at home feel about it. While many ducked those messy town-hall meetings, they couldn’t avoid hearing the angry voices during Fourth of July parades, picnics and fireworks. ...

Chuck Schumer condemns Republican healthcare bill as ‘heartless’ – video

Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer says the Republican healthcare bill to overhaul Obamacare is a ‘wolf in sheep’s clothing’ and ‘heartless’. Mitch McConnell and his lieutenants in the GOP worked in secret for weeks on the bill, and McConnell said debate on it would start next week. On Thursday, Schumer said there was not enough time to properly review the bill

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