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24 million would lose coverage under GOP's Obamacare repeal plan: "The House Republicans' American Health Care Act would reduce the federal deficit by $337 billion over the coming decade and increase the number of people who are uninsured by 24 million by 2026 relative to current law, according to the Congressional Budget Office and the Joint Committee on Taxation." - Modern Healthcare

Florida Republicans want to be rewarded as if they expanded Medicaid: "Some Florida Republicans want to transform the state's health care system by cutting out insurance companies that act as a middleman between patients and doctors and upending how the Medicaid system serves the poor." - Naples News

AMA says American Health Care Act is Critically Flawed; Points to Reductions in Insurance Coverage, Potential Harm to Vulnerable Patient Populations: In a letter to congressional leaders, the American Medical Association (AMA) today outlined provisions of the American Health Care Act that would have an adverse impact on patients and the health of the nation. - AMA Wire

Data Points: EHR interoperability update: "The nation's hospitals have almost completed their transition to electronic health records. But much work remains to be done to make those records available to other providers--and to their patients." - Modern Healthcare

Reviews of doctors on physician-rating websites are few and far between: "The Yelp for doctors has yet to arrive. That's according to a new JAMA study that shows commercial doctor-rating websites are limited both in scope and usefulness." - Modern Healthcare

For the 2nd year in a row, the healthiest, happiest city in the US is...: "For the second year in a row, Naples, Florida, and the nearby communities of Immokalee and Marco Island take the No. 1 spot in the Gallup-Healthways State of American Well-Being 2016 Community Rankings...." - Today