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The Republicans’ plan to replace the Affordable Care Act is a disaster for the health of the American people. But that may be nothing more than a byproduct of the bill’s main impact: it will increase inequality, and make the rich even richer than they’ve become in the last few decades.

It’s not a “health” plan. It’s a wealth grab for the already wealthy. Its benefits will go, first and foremost, to billionaires who make more money from investments than from work. The 400 highest-earning households in the country will get an average tax break of $7 million per year under the Republican plan.
https://ourfuture.org/20170309/222500

The bill's sponsor also championed a bill to declare magic a national treasure.

Obamacare may be replaced with the "World's Greatest Healthcare Plan of 2017,” a new bill introduced in the U.S.House of Representatives that would repeal the Affordable Care Act and favor a privatized system.
http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Worlds-Greatest-Healthcare-Plan-Will-Cut-Off-Millions-20170308-0029.html

In Southern California, Inmates Pay for Comfortable Jail Stays

Pay-to-stay detention facilities are increasing in Southern California, and for deep-pocketed offenders, they are paradise. These facilities show that Southern California operates a two-tiered system of jails, where those with more cash flow can ride out their time behind bars in relative comfort while others are subjected to degrading living conditions.
http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/In-Southern-California-Inmates-Pay-for-Comfortable-Jail-Stays-20170309-0010.html