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Trumpcare opposed by the healthcare industry, including insurance companies

Which ever way we look at it, too many people will be hurt.

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In Rare Unity, Hospitals, Doctors and Insurers Criticize Health Bill

By REED ABELSON and KATIE THOMAS MAY 4, 2017

Seema Verma, the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, with the health and human services secretary, Tom Price, on Thursday. CreditStephen Crowley/The New York Times

It is a rare unifying moment. Hospitals, doctors, health insurers and some consumer groups, with few exceptions, are speaking with one voice and urging significant changes to the Republican health care legislation that passed the Houseon Thursday.

The bill’s impact is wide-ranging, potentially affecting not only the millions who could lose coverage through deep cuts in Medicaidor no longer be able to afford to buy coverage in the state marketplaces. With states allowed to seek waivers from providing certain benefits, employers big and small could scale back what they pay for each year or reimpose lifetime limits on coverage…

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