Health Providers Denounce G.O.P. Bill as House Panels Get to Work
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Health Providers Denounce G.O.P. Bill as House Panels Get to Work
By ABBY GOODNOUGH, THOMAS KAPLAN and ROBERT PEARMARCH 8, 2017 - The New York Times
WASHINGTON — Two key House committees began formally drafting a repeal of the Affordable Care Act on Wednesday morning, even as the nation’s largest doctors’ group and a coalition of hospitals came out strongly against the Republican plan for replacing the law.
Leaders of the committees — Ways and Means, and Energy and Commerce — portrayed the replacement bill in their opening statements as one that would rescue Americans from health coverage that had grown far too expensive and limited, painting a dire portrait of the nation’s health care system under the signature domestic achievement of President Barack Obama. But Democrats immediately began building their case against the legislation, emphasizing its elimination of taxes on businesses and high earners that have financed the Affordable Care Act.
READ MORE: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/08/us/poli...
Health Providers Denounce G.O.P. Bill as House Panels Get to Work
By ABBY GOODNOUGH, THOMAS KAPLAN and ROBERT PEARMARCH 8, 2017 - The New York Times
WASHINGTON — Two key House committees began formally drafting a repeal of the Affordable Care Act on Wednesday morning, even as the nation’s largest doctors’ group and a coalition of hospitals came out strongly against the Republican plan for replacing the law.
Leaders of the committees — Ways and Means, and Energy and Commerce — portrayed the replacement bill in their opening statements as one that would rescue Americans from health coverage that had grown far too expensive and limited, painting a dire portrait of the nation’s health care system under the signature domestic achievement of President Barack Obama. But Democrats immediately began building their case against the legislation, emphasizing its elimination of taxes on businesses and high earners that have financed the Affordable Care Act.
READ MORE: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/08/us/poli...
