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Ezra Klein / Vox:
The GOP health bill doesn't know what problem it's trying to solve — After seven years of drafting a replacement plan, we get ... this? — Have you read Sarah Kliff's thorough look at the GOP Obamacare replacement? You have? Good. Some thoughts. — Little in politics shocks me.
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Avik Roy / Forbes:
House GOP's Obamacare Replacement Will Make Coverage Unaffordable For Millions — Otherwise, It's Great — That's not an ironic headline. Leading House Republicans have included a number of transformative and consequential reforms in their American Health Care Act, the full text of which was published Monday evening.
Eugene Scott / CNN:
Chaffetz: Low-income Americans will have to choose health care over iPhones — Chaffetz: Invest in healthcare over iPhone — House Republicans introduced a bill Monday that would scrap Obamacare's individual mandate and change the way Medicaid is administered
Rachael Bade / Politico:
Conservatives pan House Obamacare repeal bill — A handful of House conservatives on Monday evening criticized GOP leadership's newly released Obamacare replacement bill, foreshadowing trouble for the repeal effort even after leaders tried to assuage the far-right.
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Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Republican Obamacare plan signals that liberalism has already won — In releasing their healthcare plan on Monday, House Republican leaders sent a signal loud and clear: liberalism has already won. — Barring radical changes, Republicans will not be passing a bill that ushers in a new era of market-based healthcare.
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Chaffetz: Americans May Have To Choose Between New Phone, Health Insurance — Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) on Tuesday morning brushed off concerns about the access low-income Americans will have to health insurance with Republicans' plan to replace Obamacare, arguing that Americans …
CNN:
CNN/ORC poll: Public splits on revoking individual mandate — Washington (CNN)Americans are sharply divided on revoking Obamacare's mandate that individuals obtain health insurance coverage, according to a new CNN/ORC poll, a change that's a key provision of a newly-released Republican plan to repeal and replace the 2010 law.
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Michael Hiltzik / Los Angeles Times:
Column The GOP's Obamacare repeal plan is out—and it's even worse than anyone expected — House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, perpetrator of the GOP Obamacare repeal bill. (J. Scott Applewhite / Associated Press) — After weeks of expectations — actually, nearly seven years of expectations …
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
THE INSIDE SCOOP: Obamacare replacement politics ... RAND PAUL joins with Freedom Caucus …
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Sarah Kliff / Vox:
The American Health Care Act: the Republicans' bill to replace Obamacare, explained
Margot Sanger-Katz / New York Times:
G.O.P. Repeal Bill Would Cut Funding for Poor and Taxes on Rich
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New York Times:
House Republicans Unveil Plan to Replace Health Law
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Wall Street Journal:
The Health Bill You've Waited For
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kff.org:
Tax Credits under the Affordable Care Act vs. Replacement Proposal: An Interactive Map
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Peter Suderman / Hit & Run:
The GOP's Obamacare Repeal Bill Is Here. Is This Just Obamacare Lite?
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Amy Goldstein / Washington Post:
House Republicans release long-awaited plan to replace Obamacare
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Axios:
Trumpcare: What's in, what's out
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Mitch Smith / New York Times:
Omaha's Answer to Costly Potholes? Go Back to Gravel Roads — OMAHA — After living more than 40 years along a road plagued by potholes, Jo Anne Amoura was excited to see city crews shred her block of Leavenworth Street into gravel. — “I thought, 'Oh my gosh, this is great.
Austin Wright / Politico:
McCain on Trump's wiretap claim: 'I haven't seen anything like this' — Sen. John McCain on Monday demanded the release of any evidence backing up President Donald Trump's claim that President Barack Obama wiretapped Trump Tower in the run-up to the presidential election …
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Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
White House Rejects Comey's Assertion That Wiretapping Claim Is False
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Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
White House aides struggle to defend Trump wiretap claims
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Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
White House appears to copy from Exxon Mobil release — A White House press release congratulating Exxon Mobil Corp. for its recent investment in U.S. manufacturing repeats an exact paragraph from the oil company's own release, CNN reported Monday. … “ExxonMobil is strategically investing …
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Justin Holcomb / Townhall.com:
Iran Launches Two Ballistic Missiles, Sinking an Offshore Barge 150 Miles Away — Over the weekend, the Islamic Republic of Iran test-fired two ballistic missiles into the Gulf of Oman, with one sinking a floating barge approximately 155 miles away, according to Fox News.
Victor Davis Hanson / National Review:
The Ancient Laws of Unintended Consequences — Eight years of a fawning press have made the Left reckless. — The classical idea of a divine Nemesis ("reckoning" or “downfall") that brings unforeseen retribution for hubris (insolence and arrogance) was a recognition that there are certain laws …
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Maya Oppenheim / The Independent:
Donald Trump has spent almost a quarter of his time as President in Florida — Republican has spent four out of seven weekends in his 126-room ‘Winter White House’ — Donald Trump is believed to have spent almost a quarter of his time as President in the sunshine state of Florida.
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George Bennett / Post On Politics:
Donald Trump's Florida presidency: 241+ hours in Sunshine State
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Guy Benson / Townhall.com:
Senate Democrat Who Claimed Hard Evidence of Trump-Russia Collusion: Uh, Never Mind — Liberal Delaware Sen. Chris Coons caused a stir last week when he indicated during a televised interview that yet-undisclosed transcripts of recorded phone conversations conclusively prove that elements …
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John Crudele / New York Post:
Why Dems will regret a probe into Russian election hacking — MORE FROM: — The investigation of Russian interference in the US election could turn into a big headache for the Democrats. The phrase “Be careful what you ask for” comes to mind. — For months before the presidential election …
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Katie Glueck / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Can Ronna Romney McDaniel unite a fractured Republican Party? — WASHINGTON — On the night before the election, Pete Hoekstra stood onstage at a Michigan convention center, introducing the lineup of speakers at Donald Trump's final rally of the campaign.
Tyler Durden / zerohedge.com/fullrss2.xml …:
“The Reality Is, Half Of Americans Can't Afford To Write A $500 Check” — The CEO of Assurant appeared on Bloomberg TV to explain why demand for his services is likely to increase: the chief executive of the mobile phone insurer said he expects a surge in demand as carriers charge customers more to replace their devices.
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