ALERT! Health Care!

The Senate health care bills are flying fast.  It's very hard to keep track.  Whatever we think the bills are now, they will change, and the Senate GOP is not going to make the text of what gets voted on public ahead of time.  McConnell has been very clear about that.

The quickest, easiest way to explain the basics of what is being proposed is to grab an expert explanation.  Please welcome Topher Spiro, ​Senior Fellow, Economic Policy and Vice President, Health Policy, Center for American Progress.   He tweets as @TopherSpiro.  

Remember, whatever the GOP votes on will contain bits and pieces from various drafts.  It's almost guaranteed to be a worst case scenario.

After you read this, CALL YOUR SENATORS!  202-224-3121

Tell them:

• No Obamacare Repeal.
• No cuts or caps Medicaid or CHIP.
• Nothing that harms people with pre-existing conditions.
• Nothing that results in tens millions (32 million in the latest bill) losing their health insurance.

But first, read Topher.  Take a good look at the chars.  Then CALL.

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1: ALERT: Trump admin is using fake #'s to flip moderates--
saying people can be moved from Medicaid to Cruz plans without harm. Via @WSJ: pic.twitter.com/XkXaK9G51S

— Topher Spiro (@TopherSpiro) July 21, 2017

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2: They flipped Portman yesterday. Cassidy? Gullible as ever. pic.twitter.com/Iar5tPKbm1

— Topher Spiro (@TopherSpiro) July 21, 2017

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3: Here’s the pitch: subsidies can be used to “wrap around” Cruz plans to lower the insane cost-sharing. Via @StevenTDennis: pic.twitter.com/9fOaL2xnhp

— Topher Spiro (@TopherSpiro) July 21, 2017

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4: Look at the pitch again. They’re *slashing* #1 and #2—and #3 does not come close to making up for it. pic.twitter.com/7xS3uoZ3WK

— Topher Spiro (@TopherSpiro) July 21, 2017

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5: Here’s the extreme cost-sharing that low-income people moving from Medicaid to Cruz plans would face. Savage. pic.twitter.com/YxXv7OQ2Ga

— Topher Spiro (@TopherSpiro) July 21, 2017

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6: Here’s another look at it. Check out the left side of the red line. Via @LorenAdler: pic.twitter.com/PHaW5Bz9Pd

— Topher Spiro (@TopherSpiro) July 21, 2017

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7: CBO concluded that low-income people would look at this and rationally decide not to buy this junk.

— Topher Spiro (@TopherSpiro) July 21, 2017

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8: Here’s the Trump official’s desperate, transparently phony pitch: I’ll give you magical waivers to solve everything.

— Topher Spiro (@TopherSpiro) July 21, 2017

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9: Are you kidding me? Waivers must be budget neutral. There’s no extra $$ there.

— Topher Spiro (@TopherSpiro) July 21, 2017

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10: In fact, since private insurance is much more expensive than Medicaid, the funding hole is even worse.

— Topher Spiro (@TopherSpiro) July 21, 2017

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11: This is not hard. Repeat after me: much less $$ is much less $$—no matter how you slice it.

— Topher Spiro (@TopherSpiro) July 21, 2017

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12: Collins seems to be the only moderate who understands all of this—even though it’s breathtakingly simple. pic.twitter.com/s9ARJpKTud

— Topher Spiro (@TopherSpiro) July 21, 2017

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13: With no hearings, no full CBO score, no vetting of magical waivers and fake numbers, Senators will vote next week on *something*. END

— Topher Spiro (@TopherSpiro) July 21, 2017

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.@JohnCornyn thinks it's a "luxury" for Senators to know what they're voting on. Do you agree? Call and RT. pic.twitter.com/gPRdKMs0fi

— Topher Spiro (@TopherSpiro) July 20, 2017