MoveOn Washington Director: "Folks don't realize how close the GOP is to repealing ACA right now" [View all]

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Folks don't realize how close the GOP is to repealing the affordable care act right now.

Unlike last time, they have the Freedom Caucus—and not only that, the Koch brothers and conservative movement apparatus is on board 2/

Simply because there's so damn much else going on, and because Trump isn't talking about it, this isn't the by-far-#1 story yet—but 3/

if the GOP does pull the votes together, they'll move very quickly. And the Senate could move faster than one would imagine. Moreover, 4/

The GOP has something to pull in moderates: $150 billion. To fund "high risk pools," which don't work, but that's a lot of dough. 5/

House GOP leadership is spending this weekend intensively negotiating to get moderate Rs on board. They're close. 6/

The only thing that will stop the House moderates from shredding health care is massive pressure from their constituents. Pronto. 7/ <------- http://www.house.gov/representatives/ CALL YOUR REPUBLICAN REPS TODAY AND TOMORROW AND EVERY DAY UNTIL THIS IS OVER! (NO Democrats are voting for it!)

House Republicans need to feel that they'll lose their jobs if they vote for this bill. Full stop. And by rights, they SHOULD over this.

The new AHCA bill is even worse than the old one. Shreds protections for people with preexisting conditions. Vicious, dangerous, needless.

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