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KRUGMAN: 'Trumpcare' is 'stupid and cruel'

Paul Krugman says that the American Health Care Act is a betrayal of President Trump's own voters.

Paul Krugman.

Paul Krugman on Tuesday raged against the American Health Care Act, the GOP's replacement for the Affordable Care Act, arguing it would be potentially devastating for Trump voters.

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The Nobel laureate and New York Times economic columnist said in a series of tweets that the AHCA, which has become alternately known as Ryancare (for House Speaker Paul Ryan) or Trumpcare (for President Donald Trump), makes healthcare in the individual marketplace more expensive for older Americans. Krugman argued it would amount to a betrayal of Trump's own voters.

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