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Police Arrest 24 at Healthcare Protest Outside White House

HeadlineMar 24, 2017

Outside the White House Thursday, protesters opposed to the Republican healthcare bill defied a police order to vacate a sidewalk and were arrested.

Adanjesús Marín: “Twenty-four people are getting arrested today, and they represent the 24 million Americans that will lose health insurance if ACA is repealed.”

Kerri Evelyn Harris: “We want to make sure that healthcare is not taken away from 24 million people and that the new healthcare plan does not act as a tax benefit for the rich and forget the poor again.”

Tanetta Wilson: “To make healthcare affordable for low-income people, our senior citizens, to make the medication affordable for people, and that’s why we’re here.”

The protest came as the Congressional Budget Office released its estimate of the impact of the revised Republican health plan, finding it would still add 24 million people to the ranks of the uninsured while reducing the deficit by just $150 billion over 10 years. That’s down from about a third of a trillion dollars’ deficit reduction in the original plan.

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