GOP tries to discredit agency reviewing its health care bill

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5. "GOP Repeal Bill Depletes Medicare Trust Fund Faster"

You bet they're trying to discredit analysts.

The long-awaited GOP health care bill finally unveiled this week strikes an immediate blow to Medicare funding, accelerating a solvency crisis that health policy experts say could open the door to even more devastating cuts down the road.

By repealing a payroll tax on high earners that provided a critical additional revenue stream for the Medicare trust fund, the GOP's proposed American Health Care Act would speed up the fund’s exhaustion by as many as three to four years, according to estimates from health care policy experts.

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