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The American Medical Association, hates Trumpcare, as does every patient/disease advocacy group. So do all of the governors. And, which every Republican has to think very, very hard about, so does the very large majority of voters:
The July Kaiser Health Tracking Poll finds that most Americans (61 percent) continue to hold unfavorable views of the plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA), including over four in ten (44 percent) who say they have “very unfavorable” view. The share of the public with negative views of the law has increased slightly in the past month, from 55 percent to 61 percent. […]
Nearly two-thirds of the public opposes (65 percent) major reductions in federal funding for Medicaid as part of a plan to repeal and replace the ACA, and most continue to oppose these reductions even after hearing arguments in support of them. About half of Republicans and those who approve of President Trump support major reductions in federal funding for Medicaid. […]
Seven in ten (71 percent) Americans would rather see Republicans in Congress work with Democrats to make improvements to the ACA but not repeal the law, while one-fourth (23 percent) say they would rather Republicans continue working on their own plan to repeal and replace the ACA.
And for popular vote loser Donald Trump—"The majority of the public thinks the current replacement plan being discussed does not fulfill most of the promises President Trump has made about health care." If he has any time to not be enraged by Russia coverage, that might break through into his rapidly deteriorating brain as a problem. Otherwise, hardcore Republicans remain hardcore Republicans on this, but the thing for senators who have to run statewide is that they can't count just on hardcore Republicans to be voting in their state.
Oh, and there's this, too: "more of the public views the ACA favorably than the plan to replace the 2010 healthcare law (50 percent compared to 28 percent)." Boy, that doesn't sound like smart politics now does it.
We delayed Trumpcare—for now. But the GOP leadership is hell-bent on taking health insurance away from millions, and is working hard to coerce Republican senators to go along with it. We need only three Republicans to stand firm and oppose the bill. Call your senator at (202) 224-3121 and tell them “NO DEAL.” Then, tell us how it went.
Please give $1 to each of our Senate funds so that Republican senators—especially Dean Heller—know there'll be a price to pay for repealing health care.