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Obamacare's pocketbook problems made worse in GOP health bill

For lower-income Americans, the bill carves into Medicaid, shifting poor people out of the program and into private coverage where they could face deductibles reaching thousands of dollars.

By Zachary Tracer, Anna Edney | Updated on July 14, 2017
For lower-income Americans, the bill carves into Medicaid, shifting poor people out of the program and into private coverage where they could face deductibles reaching thousands of dollars. (Photo: iStock)

Concern about patients spending too much of their own money on health care has driven the debate over repealing and replacing Obamacare. But the latest Senate Republican health bill does little to address those fears and may exacerbate them.

The bill, rolled out anew on Thursday after a raft of Republican defections threatened to sink the original legislation, faces a narrow road to passage despite alterations aimed at winning over lawmakers who balked at the earlier draft. Two Republican Senators signaled their opposition; a third dissent could doom the measure, and a long-held GOP vow to overturn the Affordable Care Act.

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