Gov. Brown Lays Out Cost of GOP Health Care Bill: $24 Billion in Lost Funds

KQED | By Carrie Feibel

Published March 23, 2017 at 4:50 AM PDT

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House Republicans could vote to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act this morning. That would be ironic, because Obamacare turns seven years old today. Now, the replacement could cut more than $24 billion from federal payments to California over the next decade, according to Governor Jerry Brown.

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Carrie Feibel

Carrie Feibel is a senior editor on NPR's Science Desk, focusing on health care. She runs the NPR side of a joint reporting partnership with Kaiser Health News, which includes 30 journalists based at public radio stations across the country.

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