Comment on Trump’s unaffordable care act: The GOP’s Obamacare replacement would make private contractors rich

Trump’s unaffordable care act: The GOP’s Obamacare replacement would make private contractors rich

(Credit: AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) This post originally appeared on Capital and Main.  We all knew Trumpcare would be a disaster. The Republicans’ bill would not only strip coverage from millions of poor and working people, but it would also give billions of dollars in tax cuts to health insurers, pharmaceutical companies, investors and even tanning salon operators. But there’s more. What the bill would do to Medicaid, the health care program for poor, elderly and disabled Americans, plays right into the hands of private contractors looking to score big on taxpayer money. By including Medicaid “block grants,” which is a fancy way of saying “cuts,” the bill would force states to slash costs.

 

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