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The recent Trumpcare plan encountered

Limited chances for survival.

It hacked away at Obamacare

And found itself dead on arrival.

 

The plan was altered to have more appeal

To the House Freedom Caucus. Why?

The House Freedom Caucus supports

The freedom to get sick and die.

 

Cutting ten essential services°

Made the proposed plan a sham

By turning it into a possible

Nightmarish insurance scam.

 

Praise to the members of Congress who

For the RIGHT reasons boldly decried

The plan proposed by Paul Ryan--

A plan laced with cyanide.

 

Affordable health care for all

Should be our principal goal.

Profit-making insurance companies

Shouldn't be getting out of control.

 

Trump says, "Let's just watch

Obamacare keep imploding,"

As saboteurs continue to take

Shots at the plan and keep reloading.

 

Republican leaders don't really want

To fix what we have, to tweak or massage it;

They want to see Obamacare fail

By letting companies sabotage it.

 

People first, then money.

Let's keep our priorities straight

And not let cold avarice thrive

While health and compassion disintegrate.

 

(3-25-17) By Bob B

 

°Ten essential services to be cut:

1. outpatient care
2. emergency room trips
3. in-hospital care
4. pregnancy, maternity and newborn care
5. mental health and substance abuse disorder services
6. prescription drugs
7. rehabilitative services
8. lab tests
9. preventive services
10. pediatric services