Is there more “heart” in the Senate health care bill? Or is it “meaner” than the House bill?

Let’s recall that President Trump called the House “Repeal and Replace” bill “mean” after having celebrated its passage by bussing House Republicans to the Rose Garden. And then we were promised a Senate bill “… that’s going to be a phenomenal bill to the people of our country: generous, kind, with heart. That’s what I’m saying.”” (A)

so here are some articles to help you decide–

“The Affordable Care Act gave health insurance to millions of Americans by shifting resources from the wealthy to the poor and by moving oversight from states to the federal government. The Senate bill introduced Thursday pushes back forcefully on both dimensions.
The bill is aligned with long-held Republican values, advancing states’ rights and paring back growing entitlement programs, while freeing individuals from requirements that they have insurance and emphasizing personal responsibility. Obamacare raised taxes on high earners and the health care industry, and essentially redistributed that income — in the form of health insurance or insurance subsidies — to many of the groups that have fared poorly over the last few decades.
The draft Senate bill, called the Better Care Reconciliation Act, would jettison those taxes while reducing federal funding for the care of low-income Americans. The bill’s largest benefits go to the wealthiest Americans, who have the most comfortable health care arrangements, and its biggest losses fall to poorer Americans who rely on government support. The bill preserves many of the structures of Obamacare, but rejects several of its central goals.” (B)

now, to dig deeper…

START WITH THIS CHART
CHART: Who Wins, Who Loses With Senate Health Care Bill
http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/06/22/533942041/who-wins-who-loses-with-senate-health-care-bill

THEN LOOK AT THESE ANALYSES
Who gets hurt and who gets helped by the Senate health care bill
http://money.cnn.com/2017/06/23/news/economy/senate-health-care-hurt-helped/index.html

The Senate health care bill: What’s in it and what to watch for in the CBO report
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2017/jun/22/senate-health-care-bill-whats-it/

AND NEXT
The Congressional Budget Office has not yet issued its analysis of how this bill would affect the federal deficit and the number of Americans who have health coverage. That “score” is expected to be released next week. It’s also not clear yet whether the Senate parliamentarian will give all of the bill’s provisions her go-ahead.
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/06/22/live_blog_the_senate_republican_health_care_bill_is_revealed.html

(A) http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/337651-trump-calls-house-healthcare-bill-mean

(B)  https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/22/upshot/shifting-dollars-from-poor-to-rich-is-a-key-part-of-the-senate-health-bill.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share