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still_one

(92,190 posts)
7. I am hearing mixed reports. The CBO still has to rate the bill, and even with reconciliation it
Sat May 6, 2017, 01:27 PM
May 2017

would still require 51 votes, and with issues of Medicaid expansion, Planned Parenthood, forcing insurance companies not to cover abortion, pre-existing conditions, and the much higher costs that older Americans with pre-existing conditions would pay, I do not think
this is a slam dunk.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/if-house-passes-gop-health-care-bill-a-steeper-climb-awaits-in-the-senate/2017/05/04/26a901da-30bd-11e7-8674-437ddb6e813e_story.html?utm_term=.79adac251258

but regardless, what the heck did the populace think was going happen, and it isn't just in regard to healthcare




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