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Last week, House leadership rushed its Obamacare repeal bill through two committees less than 48 hours after it became public, despite calls from and to slow the process down.

Now we know why they were in such a rush.

On Monday, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office released its of the American Health Care Act (AHCA). The bottom line? Twenty-four million people will lose insurance coverage by 2026. And $880 billion of federal Medicaid funding will disappear over 10 years.

This bears repeating: 24 million people and $880 billion gone from those most in need.

Why, you ask, is it this bad? First, the people's ability to purchase private insurance. It eliminates the Affordable Care Act鈥檚 (ACA) subsidies that allow individuals and families to afford health plans in the ACA鈥檚 marketplaces, replacing them with tax credits .

Second, it to the tune of $880 billion over the next decade. It starts by phasing out the , which allowed millions of low-income people who previously couldn鈥檛 qualify for Medicaid to and allowed individuals with disabilities to work without losing their health benefits. But most significantly, it would permanently restructure the Medicaid program and upend the current state-federal partnership by implementing 鈥� meaning that states would only receive up to a fixed amount of federal funding per beneficiary. The result would be a dramatic decrease in federal investments that will impact Medicaid patients as well as health care providers.

This would, in short, destroy our nation鈥檚 for health care. It would hurt anyone . And the impact on people with disabilities, women, and LGBT people would be particularly dire.

People with disabilities: Restructuring Medicaid with per capita caps would badly damage the ability of states to serve seniors and people with disabilities, particularly the almost 600,000 now on waiting lists to access community-based services. Even worse, since Medicaid does not allow states to limit enrollment in nursing homes and institutions, the brunt of these cuts will fall on in-home care. If passed into law, the AHCA will force states to dramatically cut back the home and community-based services that allow children and adults with disabilities to stay in their own homes and lead independent lives instead of nursing homes. These services are not covered by private insurance and are paid for predominantly by the Medicaid program. If Congress succeeds in implementing a plan to end Medicaid as we know it, hundreds of thousands of people with disabilities will be at risk of institutionalization or loss of support. The cuts to Medicaid would also severely impact children with disabilities because many states use Medicaid dollars to provide services in children鈥檚 special educations plans under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.

Women: Women who lose their insurance coverage, either through the insurance markets or Medicaid, will lose access to birth control and other necessary preventive care that the ACA guaranteed. Access to birth control enables women to pursue education and careers and to plan whether and when to have children, empowering them to lead full and healthy lives. The bill also attacks by banning the use of tax credits for insurance policies that cover abortion beyond life endangerment, rape, or incest. This would push insurance companies to exclude abortion coverage from their plans and could virtually eliminate abortion coverage in the private insurance market, leaving women without the option to buy a comprehensive plan.

The AHCA would also "defund鈥� Planned Parenthood by blocking Medicaid patients from seeking care at Planned Parenthood health centers, denying many low-income women lifesaving preventive care like breast exams, cancer screenings, STI tests and treatment, and birth control. As a result, Planned Parenthood health centers, which 2.5 million people rely on for care every year, may be forced to close their doors. The CBO estimates that the bill鈥檚 defunding provision would to services that help women avert pregnancy, particularly for women in low-income communities that lack other health care providers.

LGBT people: The bill would also add additional barriers to care for LGBT people. LGBT people are to have insurance, and they are at greater risk for and even . LGBT older adults in particular face more and are more than other older Americans. By weakening Medicaid and making health insurance coverage unaffordable, the AHCA would leave many LGBT people without coverage and increased health disparities. Additionally, because Planned Parenthood welcomes LGBT patients and provides critical preventive care and sex education, blocking Medicaid patients from Planned Parenthood health centers would hit the LGBT community particularly hard, especially transgender people. Planned Parenthood is one of the largest providers of health care for trans people in the nation.

It鈥檚 no wonder are about the bill since the CBO report鈥檚 release. So far, President Trump has made no attempt to reconcile the bill鈥檚 massive cuts with his during his campaign. And Speaker Paul Ryan still wants to bring this bill to the House floor next week, despite the growing opposition from all sides.

The good news is that there鈥檚 still time to stop this incredibly destructive bill. Tell Congress now: .