Thursday Mar 23, 2017
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2:51 PM EST
It’s not a surprise that the AHCA is an absolute nightmare for
anyone with a uterus. With the GOP in charge, protections and coverage
for conditions that overwhelmingly affect women’s reproductive health
were always going to be on the chopping block.
But with this bill, the devil is really in the details. And
this one is not pretty. Desperate to get the votes for his life-ruining
health care bill, Speaker Ryan recently added a “manager’s amendment” to
mollify the cruelest members of the Republican Party. In this manager’s
amendment, new moms on Medicaid will only get two months to start
working before they risk getting kicked off the program.
If that sounds like a ridiculously short period of time to you, that’s because it is. Slate explains:
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