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Insurance companies are warning that uncertainty in the health insurance marketplace – resulting directly from the Trump Administration’s actions (or inaction) – is going to make premiums more expensive for Americans and their families. Insurance companies from states across the country said that uncertainty around whether or not the Administration will enforce the individual shared responsibility provision or pay the Cost Sharing Reduction (CSR) subsidies is resulting in large double-digit rate hikes and “the beginning of a death spiral.” These proposed rate hikes should be no surprise to the President, as the Democratic Leaders of the House and Senate sent him a letter in March outlining actions the Administration must take to stabilize the marketplaces.

125: Days since the start of this Republican Congress as of May 7, 2017 69: Days the GOP House has been in session, 15 of which were pro-forma days in which the House gaveled in & out in a matter of minutes & no legislative business was completed ZERO: Number of bills to create jobs the House Republican Leadership has brought to the House Floor

Days after House Republicans voted to strip away health care from more than 24 million hard-working Americans, Trumpcare's biggest proponents appeared on multiple Sunday shows yesterday – to defend the bill by blatantly lying about what it does.

OMB Director Mick Mulvaney on CBS' Face the Nation:

"Everybody will have coverage that's better than what they had under Obamacare."

Reality:

U.S. House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released this statement on the conclusion of a bipartisan Congressional delegation visit to Nepal. Today, the delegation met with the President of Nepal, Bidhya Devi Bhandari.

“He’s forgotten about us because he’s moved on to bigger and better things.” – An Indiana man, who lost his factory job of ten years when the plant relocated to Mexico, on President Trump – whom he voted for.

Yesterday, House Republicans passed a Trumpcare bill that would mean higher costs and less coverage for American families. Now, while the Senate figures out what to do with the dumpster fire they've just been handed, Americans are speaking out in op-eds across the country about the potential impacts of Trumpcare on their lives and the lives of others:

Cincinnati Inquirer: American Health Care Act will kill people

Yesterday, after voting to strip health coverage away from more than 24 million hard-working Americans, gut protections for people with pre-existing conditions,and hike premiums and out-of-pocket costs for millions more, House Republicans had a party at the White House Rose Garden with President Trump – celebrating the House passage of their immoral Trumpcare bill.

The reviews are in: editorial boards across the country have ripped into the bill to expose it for what it really is – a monstrous assault on the health care of hard-working American

Good morning, everyone. I’m very honored to have some very special guests with us today – Maureen Murphy, Denise White-Jennings, Emily Todebush. They are our VIPs – very important people – so we’re honored to be joined by them.