Obamacare overhaul leaves out key details for protecting sicker patients, experts say

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A proposal to overhaul Obamacare is slim on key details about protecting people with pre-existing conditions, healthcare experts say.

A group of more than two dozen policy analysts and think tanks on Wednesday released the proposed replacement to convert Obamacare funding into block grants. Obamacare allies and Democrats say the plan would “gut” protections for people with pre-existing conditions such as cancer or diabetes, but the group says those protections are included.

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