US health groups vow to fight GOP cuts to Medicaid and Obamacare
by Jessica Glenza from US news | The Guardian on (#6XCGF)
Cuts worth $880bn could leave 13 million Americans without insurance in proposal that has divided Republicans
US advocacy groups are waging an intensive campaign to protect Medicaid and Obamacare from Donald Trump's big, beautiful bill", after House Republicans proposed an $880bn cut that could leave an estimated 13 million Americans without health insurance.
The House bill left Republicans' most controversial proposals on the table, but has divided Senate Republicans: one called the effort to yank away healthcare morally wrong and politically suicidal". Others have described the cuts as insufficient and anemic".
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