Republicans are closer to killing ObamaCare than you think

Your health care is in grave danger

End of days for ObamaCare.
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While most of the political media is riveted by Trump's endless Russia scandal, especially the explosive testimony of former FBI director James Comey, Senate Republicans are stealthily moving forward on dynamiting health care for poor Americans.

The American Health Care Act (a tax cut for rich people paid for with Medicaid cuts, disguised as a health-care reform bill) is quietly working its way through the Senate. Now so-called moderates in the Senate have signaled their intention to support the bill, making passage far more likely. People who don't want a brutal reduction in the quality of American health care should watch out.

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Ryan Cooper

Ryan Cooper is a national correspondent at TheWeek.com. His work has appeared in the Washington Monthly, The New Republic, and the Washington Post.