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NFU urges “No” vote on health care bill
Mar 22, 2017, 17:36 PM
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The National Farmers Union (NFU) is urging Congress to vote against the American Health Care Act (AHCA).
The bill is scheduled to be voted on by the House of Representatives on Thursday.
NFU president Roger Johnson says the proposed legislation would have serious negative impacts on farmers’ and ranchers’ access to affordable health insurance coverage. Most troubling, he says, are the inclusion of a cap on Medicaid and the proposed system of basing premium subsidies on a person’s age, rather than their income.
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