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    Does the Senate health care plan have ‘more heart’? It depends

    Trump called the House health care plan "mean" and said the Senate should be more generous. Here's how the Senate bill does on the White House test.
    by Erin Mershon Jun 22, 2017 5 minutes

    WASHINGTON — President Trump famously called the House plan to repeal and replace Obamacare “mean” — entreating Senate Republicans to make their version of the bill more generous.

    Just hours before the Senate unveiled its draft legislation, he repeated that plea.

    “I’ve been talking about a plan with more heart. I’ve said, ‘Add some money to it,'” Trump told a crowd in Iowa Wednesday night.

    Now that the Senate’s plan is out, does it pass the White House test? Does it have more heart?

    The short answer: a little. But it’s probably still mean.

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    If you’ve got preexisting conditions or rely on Obamacare’s health insurance subsidies, the Senate version of the legislation is certainly “nicer” — though still not as “nice” as Obamacare itself. On Medicaid, under the expansion? You’re

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