John Oliver: GOP Health Plan Is a Scheme to Take Money From the Poor and Give It to the Rich
The "Last Week Tonight" host makes the deviousness of the proposed American Health Care Act glaringly obvious.Departing a bit from the thong metaphor he used to explain Obamacare, the “Last Week Tonight” host uses numbers and graphics to make the deviousness of the Republicans’ proposed American Health Care Act glaringly obvious. And perhaps even more important, Oliver points out all the ways the reform plan is not what Donald Trump promised it would be.
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Eighteen million Americans could soon lose access to Medicaid.
The people of Mumbra fear that the government is threatening their independence and their identity.
Its decision on an appeal of a lower-court ruling declaring part of the statute unconstitutional is unlikely to come before the election.
Despite campaign promises to replace the Affordable Care Act with something better, the uninsured rate has risen on the president's watch.
The program's complexity was always a problem, and many low-income people still don't understand they can get financial help with premiums.
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