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Sounds like #TrumpCare is in serious trouble. 25 > 22….

From Politico: Current vote count: Obamacare repeal would fail

“More than 25 members of the House Freedom Caucus are opposed to the Republican Obamacare replacement, a spokeswoman for the group said Wednesday. With all Democrats expected to vote against the plan, it would take 22 Republican ‘no’ votes to block it.”

Today’s GOP Quote of the Day comes from Representative Justin Amash (MI-3), who tweeted about the GOP bill to make Americans #PayMoreForLess this morning.  With Democrats, a number of Republicans, providers, patient advocates, and others all opposing the Republican bill, Rep. Amash sums it up quite well: 

This morning’s headlines show the GOP in disarray now that the consequences of the repeal bill have been unveiled – and it’s clear President Trump is breaking his promise to provide “insurance to everybody.” Here’s a look at how their #PayMoreforLess bill is playing out:

Politico: GOP scrambles after scorching health bill appraisal:

If you like your health care and want to keep it, Republicans say: Too bad. Check out this exchange with Republican Whip Steve Scalise on whether Americans will be worse off under the Republican plan:  

 Mark Halperin, MSNBC: “Can you say not one consumer will be worse off your plan?”

  “If someone is on Obamacare today, and they really like Obamacare, that will be gone after our transition period…”

For those of you who aren’t tuned into the Ways and Means Committee markup this evening, here’s what you missed…

From Politico Pro: Committee approves tax break for insurers

“The Ways and Means Committee approved a provision expanding a tax break for health insurers, becoming the first provision in the House’s Obamacare repeal bill to make it through the committee.”

While we wait for a CBO score, expected next week, Brookings is out with their estimate of the impacts of the GOP #PayMoreForLess ACA repeal bill and – shocker – the news is NOT good for Republicans. From Politico:

Speaker Ryan’s lengthy defense of the GOP’s repeal bill today is just begging for a fact check, so here we go:

WHAT HE SAID: “This law is in the middle of a collapse and people are quickly losing their choices…  If we simply did nothing, just washed our hands of it, if we in the majority party said, ‘You know what, the Democrats gave us Obamacare, let them live with it.’ the collateral damage in this country would be awful.”

There were a number of dubious claims made during Chairman Brady’s opening remarks this morning; we’ll point out just two of the biggest whoppers below:

WHAT HE SAID: “As President Trump said in his address to Congress last week, ‘Obamacare is collapsing,’ and ‘decisive action must be taken to protect all Americans.’ This morning, we will answer President Trump’s call to action, and we will send a clear message to all who are hurting because of this law. That message is: Relief is on the way.”