5 mind-blowing things about the GOP's 'Better Care' act

Senate Republicans' health-care bill isn't just cruel. It's also very unusual.

Sen. Mitch McConnell and fellow Republicans.
(Image credit: AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

After weeks of lock-down secrecy, Senate Republicans have finally released their version of TrumpCare.

It's called the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA), and it's quite a sight to behold. Apparently realizing this is their one shot to kill ObamaCare and remake the whole health-care safety net, the Republicans seemed to have crammed every last ounce of cruelty and hypocrisy they could muster into the bill.

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Jeff Spross

Jeff Spross was the economics and business correspondent at TheWeek.com. He was previously a reporter at ThinkProgress.