06-22-2017, 09:45 PM
Quote:In a rare public statement, former President Barack Obama published a Facebook post on Thursday slamming the Senate Republicans' healthcare bill, the details of which were released on Thursday. Echoing the criticism of top Democratic lawmakers, Obama argued that the intent of the bill, known as the Better Care Reconciliation Act, is not to improve healthcare, but to hand a "massive" tax break to wealthy individuals and businesses. "The Senate bill, unveiled today, is not a health care bill," he wrote. "It’s a massive transfer of wealth from middle-class and poor families to the richest people in America." Obama did not mince words in predicting that, if the bill is passed next week, it would harm vast numbers of Americans.OBAMA: The Senate bill is 'not a health care bill' - Business Insider