Dahr Jamail | The GOP's Health Care Legislation Is Cruel and Punitive, Doctors Say

[t]   Monday, July 10, 2017 [t r u t h o u t] [View Recent Newsletters]( [Tell a friend about Truthout!]( [Donate Today!](   Truthout is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization; donations are tax deductible.   BuzzFlash Just 100 Companies Responsible for 71 Percent of Global Emissions, Study Says [Read the Article at the Guardian](   Stunning Truths About the Bloated Safety Net for the Wealthy [Read the Article at BuzzFlash](   The Anti-Semitism Around Donald Trump [Read the Article at New York Magazine](   Nine Damning Charts That Explain the Senate GOP Health Care Bill's Impact [Read the Article at Talking Points Memo](   Erin Brockovich Helps Pawnee Nation Sue Fracking Companies Over Induced Earthquakes [Read the EcoWatch Article at BuzzFlash](   One State Just Stepped Up to Protect Reproductive Rights [Read the Article at Mother Jones](   After Representative Scalise Shooting, Lawmakers Want to Loosen Gun Laws [Read the Article at The New York Times](     [The GOP's Health Care Legislation Is Cruel and Punitive, Doctors Say]( Dahr Jamail, Truthout: Insurance is not the same as health care, which is intensely personal, relationship-based and immensely complex, point out physicians and other health professionals. To have non-clinicians in Congress denigrate a service they know nothing about is at the core of this tragic and ill-informed policy debate, says Dr. Bruce Amundson of Physicians for Social Responsibility. [Read the Article]( [ICE Officers Told to Take Action Against All Undocumented Immigrants Encountered While on Duty]( Marcelo Rochabrun, ProPublica: The head of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement unit in charge of deportations has directed his officers to take action against all undocumented immigrants they may cross paths with, regardless of criminal histories. The guidance appears to go beyond the Trump administration's publicly stated aims. [Read the Article]( [How Rich Would Bill Gates Be Without His Copyright on Windows?]( Dean Baker, Truthout: There is nothing inevitable about patent and copyright protection; these monopolies exist as a result of government policy. 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