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Internet quickly turns GOP's Obamacare replacement plan into a meme

Obamcare vs. GOP replacement.

Keith Wagstaff

on March 6, 2017

Internet quickly turns GOP's Obamacare replacement plan into a meme

We know the feeling. Credit: Joe Mahoney/Getty Images

The Republicans unveiled their healthcare plan on Monday night and it's looking like a weak replacement for Obamacare.

It defunds Planned Parenthood, rolls back the Medicaid expansion, restricts abortion, and lets insurers jack up premiums by 30 percent if there's a lapse in coverage. Oh! And there's a big tax cut for CEOs making more than $500,000 and a weirdly specific ban on lottery winners getting Medicaid.

Needless to say, people were not impressed, and they responded with the internet's greatest tool for self-expression: memes.

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Considering a few factors -- the Democrats hate it, some conservatives think it's too generous, and Republicans haven't revealed how much it would cost or how many people would lose coverage --there's a chance the bill might not pass.

Even if it dies, at least it inspired a pretty great meme.

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Keith Wagstaff

Keith Wagstaff is an assistant editor at Mashable and a terrible Settlers of Catan player. He has written for TIME, The Wall Street Journal Magazine, NBC News, The Village Voice, VICE, GQ and New York Magazine, among many other reputable and not-so-reputable publications. After nearly a decade in New York City, he now lives in his native Los Angeles.