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Chris Hayes of MSNBC put up a short but important thread today about the ACA (Obamacare) vs the AHCA (Trumpcare). Here it is, collated into bullets:
Continue readingIn order to cover the Trumpcare bill and its possible effects, we have created this parent article (the Trumpcare Mothership). Start here for our coverage!
Continue readingAndy Slavitt is a healthcare policy analyst. Today he did two Twitter threads on the Senate Trumpcare bill, which we collated. Read, then make those calls!
Continue readingMore excellent analysis of the Senate Trumpcare bill from Andy Slavitt, healthcare policy analyst and former healthcare official in the Obama admin.
Continue readingThe Senate Trumpcare bill dropped today. What follows is a quick summary of the losers and winners in the bill, along with why.
Continue readingThe Senate version of Trumpcare is being written in secret by Repubs. As if that wasn't bad enough, there are rumors of a trick that McConnell is planning.
Continue readingThis is a small tribute to a person I never met in real life, taken from us much too soon, whose family I now mourn for. That person is Branden Klayko.
Continue readingI watched Betsy DeVos testify last week before a Senate subcommittee. She's getting better – and we have to get better as well.
Continue readingBy influencing the U.S. election such that Trump won, did Comey also influence the Le Pen and other European elections – in the opposite direction?
Continue readingMerrick Garland as the new FBI director is not likely, but the suggestion is interesting (and troubling) for a number of reasons.
Continue readingIn her new book, Ball argues that the Democratic party must return to its New Deal roots to overcome Trump and to stave off a sequel to King Leer.
Continue readingBob Lewis is sick to death of the politicization of everything. But more importantly, he exposes the worst kind of politicization.
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