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U.S. Senate Health Bill Would Decimate Long-Term Care Coverage

Mark Miller  |  June 29, 2017

The trade-offs in BCRA – insurance for tax cuts for the wealthy – are nothing short of appalling. Governor John Kasich of Ohio put it well while speaking out against the BCRA in Washington this week: “That’s good public policy? What, are you kidding me?”

 

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