Trumpcare Will Make the Opioid Crisis Worse

There are plenty of reasons why the Obamacare repeal bill that House Republicans passed Thursday afternoon is so controversial. It slashes funding for Medicaid, threatens to raise health insurance premiums for older Americans, and allows states to roll back protections for people with preexisting medical conditions.

But there's another, less publicized, way in which the GOP's American Health Care Act could disrupt health care throughout the country. ....
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/05/trumpcare-opioid-epidemic-1

Trumpcare just became even more cruel

House Republicans’ newest version of the American Health Care Act gets rid of some of Obamacare’s most popular provisions and would makes it even more difficult for the sickest and poorest Americans to pay their medical bills....
https://thinkprogress.org/trump-care-more-cruel-d887344ff3d

The House Freedom Caucus Finally Comes Clean

The House Freedom Caucus laid out two demands on Thursday for a health care bill its members would support: ending Obamacare’s essential health benefits and its “community rating” provisions....
http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2017/03/house-freedom-caucus-finally-comes-clean

6 Changes The Trump Administration Can Still Make To Obamacare Without Congress

After seven years of trying, Republicans failed to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act last week. That doesn't mean the health care drama is over, though. House Speaker Paul Ryan this week told donors that the party is "going to keep getting at this thing," according to The Washington Post. 

But whatever Ryan and his colleagues manage to do, plenty could still change in the Affordable Care Act. Last week's failed bill, after all, was only one part of the GOP's plan. The second part — making changes to regulations and how Obamacare is administered — doesn't even require Congress' help. And those changes could make or break the health law....
http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/03/29/521713002/6-changes-the-trump-administration-can-still-make-to-obamacare?ft=nprml&f=1001