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Wall Street Journal:
Little-Noted Provision of GOP Health Bill Could Alter Employer Plans  —  Many people who obtain health insurance through their employers could be at risk of losing protections that limit out-of-pocket costs due to a provision proposed in the House Republican health-care bill.
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Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
House Republicans narrowly pass controversial bill to revise Affordable Care Act, claiming fulfillment of a major campaign promise  —  House Republicans narrowly passed a controversial bill to revise Affordable Care Act, claiming fulfillment of a major campaign promise but sending the measure …
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
GOP's Obamacare replacement bill would protect just 5 percent of people with pre-existing conditions: Analysis  —  The Republican bill to repeal and replace Obamacare does not allocate nearly enough money to protect people with pre-existing health conditions from potentially higher insurance premiums, an analysis finds.
Sarah Spellings / New York Magazine:
In Trump's America, Rape Is a Preexisting Condition  —  An amendment in the GOP health-care-reform bill will allow states to deny coverage for preexisting conditions, including sexual assault.  —  Pre-Obamacare rape survivors who sought treatment for their injuries could be denied health care later on.
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Republicans don't really like the health care bill they just passed  —  Republicans are excited about repealing Obamacare.  They are not as excited about their legislation that will do it.  —  The House passed the American Health Care Act on Thursday afternoon by a razor-thin margin …
New York Times:
House Passes Measure to Repeal and Replace the Affordable Care Act  —  WASHINGTON — The House on Thursday narrowly approved a bill to repeal and replace major parts of the Affordable Care Act, as Republicans recovered from their earlier failures and moved a step closer to delivering their promise …
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Is the atrocious health-care bill a lose-lose proposition for Republicans?  —  The Post reports: … In an audacious move, the House leadership says it intends to force a vote on a bill that has not been scored in its current form or been seen by the vast number of members.
Ezra Klein / Vox:
Health care hot potato  —  Republicans don't want the AHCA to pass.  But none of them want to be the cause of its failure.  —  The American Health Care Act has resumed its zombie shuffle forward.  No one — including House leadership — knows for sure whether the bill has the votes.
Discussion: Politico, bradford-delong.com and Axios
CNBC:
Republican Obamacare replacement bill passes House
Discussion: Geller Report
Sarah D / Los Angeles Times:
All of California's GOP House members voted to pass the Republican healthcare bill
Discussion: KTLA and fox5sandiego.com
Chris Sloan / Avalere Health:
Proposed High Risk Pool Funding Likely Insufficient to Cover Insurance Needs for Individuals …
Erica L. Green / New York Times:
A Little-Noticed Target in the House Health Bill: Special Education
Emily Jane Fox / Vanity Fair:
Exclusive: Joe and Mika Are Getting Hitched  —  After years of rumors, gossip, and intrigue, Morning Joe hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski reveal their engagement, how it all went down, and the unlikely guy (Donald Trump) who asked to oversee their vows.
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Emily Smith / Page Six:
Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski are engaged  —  MORE FROM: … The first couple of cable news Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski are engaged to be married, sources have exclusively confirmed to Page Six.  —  The MSNBC “Morning Joe” co-hosts got engaged this past weekend during …
The Hill:
GOP predicts victory on ObamaCare repeal vote  —  (R-Wis.) and his GOP leadership team held what amounted to a pep rally for rank-and-file members in the Capitol basement Thursday morning as they predicted victory in their push to repeal and replace ObamaCare.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
In Senate, pessimism over ObamaCare repeal
Discussion: Politicus USA and Hot Air
George F. Will / Washington Post:
Trump has a dangerous disability  —  It is urgent for Americans to think and speak clearly about President Trump's inability to do either.  This seems to be not a mere disinclination but a disability.  It is not merely the result of intellectual sloth but of an untrained mind bereft …
Discussion: The Hill, AOL and The Week
Amanda Knox / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed Amanda Knox: Donald Trump supported me when I was wrongly accused of murder.  What do I owe him?  —  Amanda Knox cries following the verdict that overturns her conviction and acquits her of murdering her British roommate Meredith Kercher, at the Perugia court, Italy, on Oct. 3, 2011.
Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
Alex Jones Will Never Stop Being Alex Jones … AUSTIN —  It was the winter of 1997 and Alex Jones couldn't stop getting punched in the face.  —  Out on the cracked asphalt of Austin Public Access Television's parking lot, under the sprawling Texas live oaks, Jones was very much losing …
Amir Tibon / Haaretz:
Trump Deletes Tweet Saying It Was ‘An Honor’ to Meet With Abbas  —  The tweet, posted on the president's personal account shortly after the White House meeting, was deleted after it has been shared by thousands  —  A tweet posted on U.S. President Donald Trump's personal account on Wednesday saying it was …
Discussion: IJR and The White House
Elex Michaelson / abc7.com:
SoCal family thrown off overbooked Delta flight over child's seating … <iframe width="476" height="267" src="http://abc7.com/video/embed/?pid= 1952588" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>  —  A Southern California family says they were kicked off an overbooked Delta airplane …
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
Climate of Unintended Consequences  —  “Converting biomass feedstocks to biofuels is an environmentally friendly process.  So is using biofuels for transportation.  When we use bioethanol instead of gasoline, we help reduce atmospheric CO2.”  —  These confident assurances come from …
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Pollsters: We didn't blow the election  —  Serious polling failures in the 2016 election were mostly confined to a few states and were primarily the result of late-deciding voters and a historic voting gap according to educational attainment, according to a new report Thursday.
Discussion: Washington Post and ABC News
Angelique Chrisafis / The Guardian:
French election: Macron hailed as winner of bruising Le Pen TV debate  —  Majority of French people polled feel that centrist candidate outperformed far right leader in ill-tempered clash … Emmanuel Macron appeared to have kept his frontrunner status against Marine Le Pen …
Cassandra Fairbanks / Big League Politics:
EXCLUSIVE: Leaked Screenshots Reveal BuzzFeed Director Wishing for Trump Assassination  —  BuzzFeed, the outlet behind the infamous and absurd “Golden Showers” dossier, has more than a bit of disdain for President Donald Trump — as proven through these leaked conversations from their private workplace chat.
 
 
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Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Discussion: Vox
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