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The Blueprint for Trumpcare

Vox writer Sarah Kliff has read seven possible Republican health care plans. Here’s what she learned.

Rep. Tom Price tears a page from the national health care bill during a press conference on March 21, 2012, in Washington.

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With the nomination of Tom Price for health and human services secretary, it’s clear that Donald Trump wants to repeal Obamacare and replace it with a more conservative plan. Sarah Kliff has spent weeks looking through the health care plans put forward by Republicans such as Price and Paul Ryan. Her conclusion? Good news for healthy people, not so much for sick people. Sarah is a co-host of The Weeds podcast.

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