Of Course Republicans Are Passing Trumpcare in Secret [View all]

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There's one thing we know for certain about the health care bill a select group of Republican senators and their staffs are working feverishly to write: It will result in millions of Americans losing their health insurance.

That's all we know. Why? Because we, the American public – the bosses of the senators working on the bill as you read this – have not been allowed to see it.

For all we know, the bill could give Vladimir Putin control of our military, make solar power illegal and reinstate mandatory Christian prayer in all public schools. OK, almost certainly none of those. But we're in the dark.

I could spend this whole piece speculating about what's in the bill, but until we find out what's in it – and that may be mere hours before there's a vote on it – the most relevant question is: Why are Republicans so secretive about what they're cooking up?

All reports say there will be no hearings on the text of the bill. There will be no amendments. Republicans are hoping to rush through an up-or-down vote on their version of the American Health Care Act passed by the House before the July 4th recess to avoid facing angry crowds who will build pressure for wavering members to vote no.

The best way to make those crowds angry? Give them something specific to be angry about. Look at the reaction to the House bill, which threatens protections for people with pre-existing conditions, would gut Medicaid and would – according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office – strip 23 million people of their health insurance.

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