After weeks of expectations — actually, nearly seven years of expectations — House Republicans on Monday released their proposal to repeal the Affordable Care Act. On the whole, however, it’s a nastier, more consumer-unfriendly proposal than even close followers could have expected. The House GOP, in a written statement, cloaked this plan with a bodyguard of outright deceit. The bill effectively shuts down private health insurance coverage for abortion. Without a requirement that individuals carry health insurance, the insurance markets are almost certain to collapse.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 07, 2017 00:10 UTC