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Note to Senate Republicans: willing to do ≠ will do. The Speaker’s latest statement doesn’t seem like much of an assurance.

Another organization -- the American Academy of Family Physicians -- is speaking out against the "skinny repeal" plan. Here are the key points: 

A very important reminder for Senate Republicans who are asking for “assurances” that they can pass the “skinny repeal” bill and go to conference with the House: going to conference does not mean that skinny repeal won’t be the final product. So you still probably want to rethink voting “yes” at any point on skinny repeal.

But if it’s a disaster and a fraud, why would you vote for it?

No matter what “assurances” you receive, voting for this bill will still put health coverage at risk. Just in case you needed the numbers once more, here’s a refresher on the impact of the skinny bill:

For our Senate Republican friends who don’t want to see “skinny repeal” become law: here’s further confirmation that House Republicans probably aren’t going to go to conference – they’re just going to pass “skinny repeal” instead. So you might want to rethink your “yes” vote. From The Hill:

The moment when the legislation you wrote and are trying to pass is so bad that you don’t want it to become law:

The American Cancer Society did not mince words on “skinny repeal,” and neither will we. Today, they issued a statement urging Senate Republicans to abandon the plan, which would kick cancer patients and survivors off coverage and increase costs: